Jakob Kolletschka
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Jakob Kolletschka was a professor of forensic medicine whose accidental death in 1847, after cutting his finger during an autopsy, led to the groundbreaking insights of Ignaz Semmelweis regarding the importance of handwashing in preventing childbed fever.
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Kolletschka's death after a cut during an autopsy led Semmelweis to his groundbreaking conclusions about hand hygiene.
In 1847, a Vienna doctor discovered that handwashing with chlorine could cut childbirth deaths by 90 percent, but the medical world refused to believe himThe Times of India·
India· 2026-07-06
India· 2026-07-06
