It’s cause the guy was a dick about it… He was correct, but the way he communicated it to the medical community was rude which is why it wasn’t adopted earlier.
Microscopic creatures you say… ha, that’s a good laugh 🧐.
Well he got a mouthwash named after him, there’s always that
Funny how Semmelweis got similarly shitty treatment for the same idea. Though he wasn’t so much as laughed at as much as beaten to death in a psych ward.
Didn’t know at all about Semmelweis. Very interesting… and sad.
He was much earlier though and germ theory didn’t exist yet, so he couldn’t explain why washing your hands would work. It didn’t make any sense based on the medical ideas of the time, so people saw his recommendation to wash hands as a superstition. Then he went insane as doctors continued to not wash their hands, resulting in many mothers dying from infections after birth. At least with Lister, he could explain his rationale via germ theory.
Wasnt the same caption just posted with Semmelweis as the person in the picture?
Look at those long sideburn hairs
They are called mutton chops. Also, seen on Lemmy Kilmister.
