TY - JOUR T1 - Ignac Semmelweis (1818–1865) of Budapest and the prevention of puerperal fever JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F345 LP - FF348 DO - 10.1136/adc.2004.062901 VL - 90 IS - 4 AU - P M Dunn Y1 - 2005/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/4/F345.abstract N2 - As a junior obstetrician in Vienna in 1847, Semmelweis discovered the cause of puerperal fever and introduced a method for its prevention. Although his findings were hailed by some as comparable to Jenner’s introduction of vaccination, for various reasons his ideas failed to gain general acceptance until after his death. ER -