In 1847, a Vienna doctor discovered that handwashing with chlorine could cut childbirth deaths by 90 percent, but the medical world refused to believe him

In 1847 a Vienna doctor cut childbed-fever deaths on the doctors’ ward from about one mother in ten to roughly one in eighty by making physicians wash their hands in chlorine — and the profession turned on him for it In 1847, a Hungarian obstetrician working at Vienna General Hospital found a way to stop…

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India at most consequential moment in modern history: Sajjan Jindal | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: Industrialist Sajjan Jindal on Friday said India was at “the most consequential moment in its modern history”. Delivering the convocation address at the 16th convocation ceremony of Ahmedabad University, Jindal, who is also the managing director of JSW Group, urged graduating students to help bridge the economic gap between India and China.“India, despite having…

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