Today's Doodle recognizes Hungarian physician Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, widely attributed as the first person to discover the medical benefits of ...Doodle作品資料庫關於‪български‬‪català‬‪Čeština‬‪Dansk‬‪Ελληνικά‬‪English(UnitedKingdom)‬‪English(UnitedStates)‬‪Español(España)‬‪Español(Latinoamérica)‬‪Suomi‬‪Filipino‬‪Français(France)‬‪Deutsch‬‪हिन्दी‬‪Hrvatski‬‪magyar‬‪BahasaIndonesia‬‪Italiano‬‪日本語‬‪한국어‬‪lietuvių‬‪latviešu‬‪Nederlands‬‪norsk‬‪polski‬‪Português(Portugal)‬‪Português(Brasil)‬‪română‬‪Русский‬‪Slovenčina‬‪slovenščina‬‪Српски‬‪Svenska‬‪ไทย‬‪Türkçe‬‪Українська‬‪TiếngViệt‬‪简体中文‬‪繁體中文‬更多Doodle作品2020年3月20日向伊格納茲塞麥爾維斯與他提倡的洗手觀念致敬Today’sDoodlefollowstheofficialrecommendationonhowtoproperlywashyourhandsfromtheWorldHealthOrganization.Learnmorehandwashingtipshere, orcheckoutthevideobelow:Seeup-to-dateinformationfromtheWHOontheCOVID-19outbreakandwaystoprotectyourselfhere.   Today’sDoodlerecognizesHungarianphysicianDr.IgnazSemmelweis,widelyattributedasthefirstpersontodiscoverthemedicalbenefitsofhandwashing.Onthisdayin1847,SemmelweiswasappointedChiefResidentinthematernityclinicoftheViennaGeneralHospital,wherehededucedanddemonstratedthatrequiringdoctorstodisinfecttheirhandsvastlyreducedthetransmissionofdisease. BorninBuda(nowBudapest),HungaryonJuly1st,1818,IgnazSemmelweiswentontoobtainadoctoratefromtheUniversityofViennaandmaster’sdegreeinmidwifery.WhenhebeganhistenureattheViennaGeneralHospitalinthemid19thcentury,amysteriousandpoorlyunderstoodinfectionknownas“childbedfever”wasleadingtohighmortalityratesinnewmothersinmaternitywardsacrossEurope. Semmelweiswasdedicatedtofindingthecause.Afterathoroughinvestigation,hededucedthatthedoctorsweretransmittinginfectiousmaterialfromearlieroperationsandautopsiestosusceptiblemothersthroughtheirhands.Heimmediatelyinstitutedarequirementthatallmedicalstaffwashtheirhandsinbetweenpatientexaminations,andasaresult,infectionratesinhisdivisionbegantoplummet. Unfortunately,manyofSemmelweis’peersinitiallyviewedhisideaswithskepticism.Decadeslater,hishygi