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Ignaz Semmelweis
Matthew Parris talks to writer and broadcaster Frances Cairncross about her nomination of the forgotten hero of medicine Ignaz Semmelweis, who told doctors to wash their hands but was ignored. Biographer Sherwin Nuland joins the debate.
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