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Semmelweis

In 1849, a pioneering Hungarian physician, Ignaz Semmelweis, transforms the treatment of childbed fever at Vienna General Hospital, ultimately saving countless lives of new mothers.

The story of Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor who pioneered a method to prevent childbed fever, a lethal disease claiming the lives of one-third of new mothers at the Vienna General Hospital in 1849.

Info about Semmelweis

Studio(s): Belvedere Film, Young Allies Films

Originally Released: United States, Jan 01, 2001

Production Country: United States

Genres:Biography, Drama, Short