Genius Belabored – Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis

Genius BelaboredChildbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis\nAuthor(s): Theodore G. Obenchain\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817360337, 978-0817360337\nSynopsis\nGenius Belabored is the fascinating story of Ignaz Semmelweis, a nineteenth-century obstetrician ostracized for his strident advocacy of disinfection as a way to prevent childbed fever, a leading cause of mortality in new mothers.\n\n In Genius Belabored: Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis, Theodore G. Obenchain traces the life story of a nineteenth-century Hungarian obstetrician who was shunned and marginalized by the medical establishment for advancing a far-sighted but unorthodox solution to the appalling mortality rates that plagued new mothers of the day.\n In engrossing detail, Obenchain recreates for readers the sights, smells, and activities within a hospital of that day. In an era bef.