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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 84. Chapters: Alajos Hauszmann, Alajos Strobl, Antal Szerb, Armin Vambery, Artur Gorgey, Attila Jozsef, Bela Balazs, Beni Egressy, Beni Ferenczy, Dezs Kosztolanyi, Endre Ady, Ferenc Erkel, Ferenc Fejt, Ferenc Madl, Ferenc Medgyessy, Frigyes Riesz, George de Hevesy, Gyorgy Faludy, Gyorgy Lukacs, Gyorgy Zala (sculptor), Gyula Krudy, Ignac Alpar, Ignac Martinovics, Ignaz Semmelweis, Imre Steindl, Istvan Bethlen, Janos Arany, Janos Fadrusz, Janos Garay, Janos Kadar, Jen Barcsay, Jozsef Antall, Kalman Kando, Kalman Mikszath, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Karl Polanyi, Karoly Ferenczy, Karoly Kisfaludy, Karoly Lotz, Laszlo Mednyanszky, Leo Szilard, Leo Weiner, Lipot Fejer, Lorand Eotvos, Mari Jaszai, Mihaly Babits, Mihaly Karolyi, Mihaly Munkacsy, Mihaly Tancsics, Mihaly Vorosmarty, Mihaly Zichy, Miklos Barabas, Miklos Izso, Miklos Radnoti, Miklos Ybl, Mor Jokai, Odon Lechner, Otto Blathy, Pal Kadosa, Sandor Wekerle, Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary, Tivadar Puskas, Viktor Madarasz, Zsigmond Moricz. Excerpt: Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (July 1, 1818 - August 13, 1865) (born Ignac Fulop Semmelweis) was a Hungarian physician now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "savior of mothers," Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics. Puerperal fever was common in mid-19th-century hospitals and often fatal, with mortality at 10%-35%. Semmelweis postulated the theory of washing with chlorinated lime solutions in 1847 while working in Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had three times the mortality of midwives' wards. He published a book of his findings in Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever....
