TIL that Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who told his colleagues to wash their hands to prevent infections, was committed to an asylum by his colleagues. There he died of a gangrenous wound to the hand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pxbdgg/til_that_ignaz_semmelweis_the_doctor_who_told_his/