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Do you know someone who
suffers from the Semmelweis reflex?

"Semmelweis effect"  is a metaphor for the reflex-like tendency to reject new evidence or knowledge because it contradicts established norms, beliefs, or paradigms.

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The Tragic Tale Of Ignaz Semmelweis In the 1840's, Semmelweis was a doctor at the obstetric ward of Vienna General Hospital. Appalled by the number of deaths from childbed fever, he set out to find a solution and quickly noticed an interesting fact. The death rates in the hospital's second clinic, staffed with midwives, was significantly lower than in the first, staffed by medical students. His key insight came when his friend, Jakob Kolletschka, was pricked with a scalpel during an autopsy and soon came down with symptoms much like the women in the maternity ward. Semmelweis inferred that they medical students must be transferring "cadaverous particles" to patients and instituted a strict regime of hand washing. Mortality rates fell dramatically. Yet instead of being lauded for his accomplishment, Semmelweis soon found himself castigated and considered a quack. Part of the problem was that Semmelweis's ideas about hand washing conflicted with the prevailing miasma theory of the day
April 24, 2024 at 11:04 PM