The Story of A Doctor Killed For Saying “Wash Your Hands”

[@patrickdix772]

I always found it disturbing that just about anyone could drag someone into an asylum and get them committed, especially with how horrifying those asylums were.

[@professorbutters]

They did change the laws eventually.

[@moondriedtomato]

I still got sa'd beat n gaslight at todays institutions in cape town. I did get scared into behaving normally. The pills helped the most.

[@SUGAs_Shadow85]

Right!

[@DabbaDoya]

It's still happening. I have been involuntarily committed against my will, when I wasn't a threat to anyone or myself. I have spent months being held against my will and had to report before a JUDGE to prove I was of "sound mind" before they would release me. 😢

[@BardiXOfficial]

Yep, those were the times you can start a rumor and get someone admitted in an asylum against their will

[@Elish-a]

Dr. Semmelweis was ridiculed, maligned, humiliated and shunned by his fellow “professionals” who could not get past their own egos to consider his research and the benefits to patients. He was determined to do the right thing regardless and unfortunately paid the ultimate price. What an admirable and selfless person he was and thanks for sharing his story.

[@setayeshqasemi7779]

YOU HAVE 69 LIKES I AINT RUINING IT!!

[@AmCLihigma]

​@@setayeshqasemi7779dude 💀

[@bryanmikulin46]

YOU HAVE 180 LIKES AND I AINT RUININ IT

[@Elish-a]

@@bryanmikulin46 🤣🤣🤣

[@JackSparrow-st5tg]

Sorry, you had 320 likes I ruined it😅

[@gvidaver]

Shows how much humans grab on to traditional practices, regardless of how obviously hurtful they are.

[@nunbxtch]

reminds me of *cough cough sexuality

[@enriquesol]

Anti vaxxers

[@Max.Sinister]

Ah, religion

[@anadd6195]

THAT!!!!

[@professorbutters]

The thing is, some of the practices connected with humors theory actually work. If it never worked at all, they wouldn’t have kept doing it for over a thousand years. Bloodletting, for example, will temporarily reduce fever and blood pressure. Tea made with willow bark will make your headache go away. Bad smells often do indicate some kind of bacteria, but it’s not the bad smell that kills you. What they didn’t have was the science behind it. When you take aspirin, we now know that the active agent is salicylic acid, and the best dosage for the internal organs (and acne)! We know that there are bacteria in contaminated water, and we don’t drink water that causes cholera.

[@beautifulleaves8616]

Poor guy…I wish he could see how important sanitation PPE and sterilization is nowadays. We really need more doctors like him that advocate for mothers and their babies

[@nollypolly]

The entire time I'm watching this I'm thinking, "So, essentially, their egos killed people." Still happens today, unfortunately.

[@lunahodnomerdva]

That is the way of "egos". Sometimes they kill, sometimes they save people. How difficult a way to think about "egos" (or anything, really) instead of deeming them evil or good...!

[@jeffreysmith236]

Yes. Within the last two years, the Cardiology department head at Harvard publicly denounced the Keto diet as unhealthy because everyone gets keto flu. Cardiologists are not required to take nutrition in Med school. So the inflated ego expert doctor pronounced judgement upon a subject that he was completely ignorant about. Keto flu is sodium deficiency, because when someone stops or vastly reduces their carb intake, their kidneys begin dumping stored sodium, and after about two weeks it runs out. Keto flu is prevented by increasing salt intake, and if you increase salt then you should also increase potassium and magnesium intake to maintain a good balance. I learned this by listening to doctors who do know nutrition.

[@tiagomoraes1510]

Circumcision only exists because of this.

[@mobee9181]

their egos and the mental health care system, and both still happen today

[@Lilian040210]

We've been dominance driven animals for thousands of years, a hundred years would not change much😔

[@CoolSpringsFootCare]

As a surgeon, the concept of not washing your hands before treating patients is inconceivable. Thankful for this medical pioneer!

[@essaboselin5252]

This reminds me of a story from the Civil War. The Confederate surgeons, despite having less and lower-quality supplies, had better survival rates. One thing that was different was sutures. The Union doctors had access to silk thread. The Confederates used horsehair, but it was so stiff they had to boil it to soften it enough to use. It was easier to thread the needle before boiling, so they were accidentally sterilizing their supplies.

[@Christianna271]

That's so interesting! I love facts like this 🤯

[@TheCuriousNoob]

Haha that's incredible. It's crazy that something like germs is such basic knowledge today but it was a wild theory back in the day.

[@janemary8339]

I think you meant "to thread the needle *after* boiling"

[@concrete192]

​@@janemary8339 no, that's the key point: by threading them before boiling the horse hair, the needles got boiled (therefore sterilized) as well :)

[@essaboselin5252]

@@janemary8339 No, I didn't. If you've ever tried to thread a needle, you know you it's easier the stiffer the thread. And this assured they boiled the needle as well.

[@ellehacker3168]

It’s so sad how he was treated by so many, but he was literally a hero!

[@pratiikkaushik8285]

Dr. Semmelweiss's story is a great illustration of what they teach in law school: it doesn't matter how right you may be if no one likes you.

[@commonsense571]

So true. So human!🦋

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

This describes my Life, thank you for this sentence.

[@Efe.Joseph]

That's a law thing. Science is to save lives.

[@grega.n.1865]

That's true and a proof of how idiotic the average person is. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@theinternetlawyer7126]

Story of my life

[@rosem.5899]

This story is wild for so many reasons. Why was only this one guy bothered by the high maternal mortality at his hospital? Everyone else who worked there was just like this is fine?

[@souldancersbyjennifer]

I just had to guess, after knowing someone close with high functioning autism, that he was possibly, high functioning autism/Asperger's... The obsession with a subject matter, meticulousness in gathering data, possible lack of tact that ended up offending the majority of his colleagues and superiors...

[@thaloblue]

Yes, men can't be bothered to care about whether women are happy or alive. They summed it up to Eve's curse and gave up.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Men have been unspeakably cruel to women in their most vulnerable moments for...all of history. Medicine shows this in the most horrific ways. Male doctors have always had a cruel disregard for the birthing woman.

[@barakingplayz5581]

​@@thaloblue Their ego is what made them not listen. They only cared about their reputation as doctors and not about their patients. This has nothing to do with men/women specifically.

[@someone-jl4sj]

​@@barakingplayz5581 I highly doubt it was only about ego. Do you really think if such a thing was happening with men like if operations on streets were better than by doctors, would doctors have not investigated it earlier? In the case of women they probably threw it on God like they made up story of hysteria

[@gabriellavarga8742]

I am proud to be Hungarian as hearing about his story. Thank you Dr. Mike that you show the world the legacy of Ignác Semmelweis ("The Savior of Mothers"- as we often refer to him.)

[@DDori-rb4im]

igen, én is ezt szerettem volna leírni:)

[@loganmacgyver2625]

and our healthcare system sorta came in a circle...

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

@@loganmacgyver2625 Whats wrong?

[@gabriellavarga8742]

@@Oma_Wetterwachs The problem is a quite ironic situation: Although Semmelweis was a pioneer, now, in the 21st century, Hungary has almost the highest mortality rate related to infections in hospitals.

[@leskopeter593]

Én is ezt akartam írni, de jól leírtad😊

[@UltraCenterHQ]

This story really shows that people would rather cover their ears and stick to their beliefs instead of hearing someone out

[@8d231.]

Reminds me of đȢ̳

[@itsmxtwist]

I honestly don’t blame him for saying that their negligence was killing people, he was trying to tell them but they simply ignored him dispite his evidence

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

This is how any atheist feels with the evil religious people.

[@itsmxtwist]

@@PROVOCATEURSK I’m agnostic but I definitely believe that Christian extremism is causing huge problems nowadays. Sure I know many people who use it as a tool to help others but others use it to tear down and harm others instead.

[@davidenatoh359]

What?@@PROVOCATEURSK

[@depressantdrug]

I don't think he had evidence, though. Dr. Mike said "invisible particles from dead bodies" were killing people, which is what the other doctors thought, so without proving that, it also made it harder for him to convince the medical community. Honestly, it's weird how people were okay interacting with one another with filthy hands. 🤢

[@Frostfern94]

@@PROVOCATEURSKDon’t bring religion into something that isn’t religious

[@delusional_fool630]

The University of Medicine of Hungary is named after Semmelweis and he is renowned as the "Saviour of Mothers" in our country. Wonderful story and the coolest animation, thank you, Dr! :)

[@onomesophie]

Happy birthday Dr Mike🎉 Today you remembered Dr Ignaz for what he did. I hope many people all over the world get to remember you in years to come for the medical misinformation and abuse you're combating right now. Much love from Nigeria

[@i_drew]

Love from ethiopia

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

Love to nigeria from Germany. (And a Guy who was often in westafrican countries in His youth... the Gambia, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Senegal..)

[@peterpan-wp6qp]

I'm in nigeria too

[@MisslolaBrown]

I am Nigerian toooo😭😭😭😭

[@FlowerPower-cf2fp]

He is supporting and promoting genocide. He says he wishes for peace while he promotes genocide propaganda. Many amazing brave doctors and nurses stayed behind with their patients to take care of them and were bombed. They have no more birthdays to celebrate. These are the true heroes. There will be no Peace without Justice.

[@MysticMelody124]

"No man is more hated then he who speaks the truth" - Plato

[@atomic_cupcake]

Dr Semmelweis is one of my heroes, and he is SO underappreciated for saving billions of lives. I wanna go into medical research in the future and he's one of my biggest inspirations! Thank you Dr Mike for sharing this story 💞

[@thelegioncollective]

I hope you get your wish.

[@YourPalKindred]

I wish you well! Maybe one day we'll be seeing you in the news, changing medical history :)

[@markburke1396]

But after listening to the story, it was Louis Pasteur that saved Billions of lives not actually Dr. Semmelweis.

[@atomic_cupcake]

@@markburke1396 Well Louis Pasteur did revolutionise medicine he came after Semmelweis and along w his own work, he proved him right! I think they both saved lives 😄

[@atomic_cupcake]

@@YourPalKindred aaaah thank you 😅💞

[@iscoolerthenU]

Doctor mike, just wanna let you know as someone with autism and potential adhd, i literally never click off your videos or get distracted. It takes almost 20 minutes or more to complete a 8 minute video since i often get distracted by other videos or the comments no matter how much i enjoy or love the youtuber i'm watching lol. You're just very interesting and funny and i love your videos♡

[@bellaknightR597]

I have ADHD and it's the same for me, I love his videos. He talks about medicine, but he makes it fun to watch, so it captures my attention and keeps me watching

[@jaydenellsmore-mm8db]

Dr Mikes Story telling is unbelievable. He makes what normally would bore most people, sound so much more interesting and so much easier to listen to

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

This Video was good. But from some Videos I got Panic attacs.

[@CarSVernon]

I mean this is definitely not boring

[@kuransays]

Exactly. Not to mention he's incredibly handsome 😊

[@LizzyDizzyYo]

I think the editing helps a lot.

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

@@kuransays yeah but hetero

[@dasradler2348]

German Midwife here In Germany and Austria we learn about him in our education. He has the German Nickname „Retter der Mütter“ which translates to „Savior of Mothers“ and still to this day his work is recognized and celebrated in the midwife community

[@aqua5516]

In Hungary too. Az anyák megmentője

[@sleepyote]

He saved so many lives, yet was treated so badly by the community, it's heartbreaking. Edit: Speaking of Drs being unethical... 😬

[@Justanotherconsumer]

In many ways he’s accusing his fellow doctors of malpractice. Instead of checking whether he was right, they silenced him.

[@emilywynstra]

This was some fascinating, yet tragic history. Semmelweis and his persistent desire to improve patient outcomes is so admirable! Thank you Dr. Mike 🤍

[@susiethomas6909]

When my great-grandmother gave birth to my grandmother in 1909 in Arkansas, she insisted that the midwives wash their hands well with soap and water before the delivery. They laughed at her and said she was being ridiculous. She insisted they wash their hands anyway. She and her children were healthy. I guess she was way ahead of her time.

[@themerlinsshow]

😮😊

[@superfluous5162]

👍

[@EmeraldWings90]

That's smart of her, and good, but.. Here, part of the point (not exactly mentioned by this video) was that using simple soap is not enough. It wasn't that doctors didn't wash hands at all - I don't think they went around with visibly grimy hands all the time... but that there are things that are not cleaned by just water, or even normal soap. The chlorinated lime, or something equally strong, is necessary. Especially for people doing autopsies.

[@TinyTako47]

Idk about way ahead she just had common sense. The Muslim world has been practicing routine hygiene for 1600 years

[@emperormegaman3856]

The irony of only allowing him to operate on manequins and not on real corpses when he was the only doctor in the country who could be trusted to put his hands on a corpse because the other wouldn't wash their hands after doing so...

[@Angiesensei.]

Moral: the ego blinds our reasons. We should be humbles. This doctor really loved his patients.

[@elizabethdankert1]

I love that you provide visuals for your stories. It brings some fun into learning.

[@mollyb.7834]

I'm proud I went to Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest which was named after him. Also a new film just came out on his life by the Academy Winner Koltai Lajos. Thank you Dr. Mike for telling this important story.

[@harveyabel1354]

What's the name of the movie, please?

[@peterantal5445]

The name of the movie is Semmelweis

[@loganmacgyver2625]

the film is already out?

[@oscarg14100]

​@loganmacgyver2625 the 30th of this month from what I've seen

[@loganmacgyver2625]

@@oscarg14100 I might watch it on the day of the premier like Oppenheimer lol

[@evelynjam2760]

I have never never in life watch a doctor's KZbin channel but today I saw your videos and watch this one and I love it .

[@mariemoscatelli]

Greeting from an Austrian Nurse 😊 thanks for highlighting Semmelweis as one of the true pioneers of hygiene and microbiology 🫶🏻

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

Wurde er im Narrenturm umgebracht? Liebe Grüße aus Köln

[@desireer6915]

This is so sad! Thank goodness for his perseverance and determination to help people! His findings literally saved millions and millions of people!

[@ColtonRMagby]

Happy birthday, Dr. Varshavski. 34 years young and educating millions of people on healthcare every day. Have a blessed day, sir.

[@ohemgeesoboard]

Thanks for uploading this. it's a very powerful story of how being right isn't enough for people to listen, and people listening doesn't mean something's right

[@notreallight]

Happy Birthday Mike! As a hungarian, i'm proud of Semmelweis Ignaz! We label him as "mother's savior"

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

And once again, Hungarians are trying to save Europe

[@RnJGreywolf]

This is possibly my favorite of all your videos. I think stories like this need to be highlighted more often. Great video!

[@Erererer._.1]

You know something’s really wrong if giving birth on the street is better than a doctor Just told mother I’m famous

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

"Hello, here I aaaaam!" "There is blood on your hands doctor!!!" "Oh, don't be so anxious, it's just from this dead body I grab my hands into before I came here :D " ... "Street...remember me... street... Next...Baby... street....STREET...."

[@Diaphat]

But I went to college!

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

@@Diaphat I would describe the German schoolsystem and Ask you what is probably Something Like College in the U.S., but WE have midnight in Germany and I'm tired. So I can just say: STREET.

[@Diaphat]

@@Oma_Wetterwachs Huh? I didn't mean to offend. I was merely mocking the arrogance of these "educated" fools that failed to understand that touching rotting flesh, then delivering a baby afterwards was a terrible idea. So many people get schooling, then act as though they are gods that can do no wrong.

[@Oma_Wetterwachs]

@@Diaphat Oh sorry I'm tired 😂 Inwas Not offended. I totally read your comment wrong 😂😂😂 Now Inknow what they meaning of IT was lol Sry 😅✌️

[@srinivasnahak3473]

It was such an important part of the history to know and you explained it in such a beautiful way.

[@taylorrae3947]

Idk man, after decades of proving that cleaning the hands prevented virtually all (in perception) of the deaths in maternity wards, I think it's about time to call your colleagues murderers for caring more about their egos than their patient's lives.

[@hawkeye7527]

And then they really murdered their accuser (albeit indirectly), the irony.

[@DaveMelonfire]

@@hawkeye7527 The bigger irony was how they killed him. The same way the doctor that started his theory did. Infection through a hand wound

[@Grammichal]

Well, that’s kind of a sweeping accusation isn’t it??!

[@spoodersama1455]

@taylorraw3947 the video said that the maternity wards just didn't do work on dead bodies not that they clean their hands

[@taylorrae3947]

@@spoodersama1455 So sorry. I obviously meant the doctor clinics, the ones run by doctors and not midwives, that also dealt with autopsies and didn't listen to the doctor who spent decades proving less women would die 😒

[@briannemorfitt5283]

This is kind of sad. Imagine what more he could have accomplished had he not been left for dead. Feed me all the medical history doc I’m obsessed 👏🏼👏🏼

[@TheCommonGentry]

we need more medical history stories

[@lilyrosegretchen]

yes please! I love it

[@MonserratFoster]

I agree

[@DeannaBrownlee]

I can relate to this story, not as a doctor, but as a patient. For 13 years, I experienced a myriad of symptoms every single day. I *KNEW* something was wrong, but no one believed me. Not friends, not family, not doctors. Everyone accused me of faking it. I was starting to think I was crazy. But I pressed on, and after 13 years, I got diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome. Since then, I have been diagnosed with TWELVE additional illnesses. And no, I did not just go to a bunch of doctors until I heard what I wanted to hear. These are illnesses that showed up clearly on tests and examinations. If I had listened to everyone else, who were SO SURE they knew everything and I knew nothing, I wouldn't have made it this far into my medical journey. One of my treatments is even life-saving, so I might even be dead had I listened to them. I got the last laugh. I'M RIGHT. THEY'RE WRONG. Always question everything, especially people you think you can trust. Unfortunately, my fight is still not over. I recently visited a neuropsychologist, and he accused me of faking all my medical problems. I wasn't even there to see him about my physical problems. The only reason I brought them up ONCE is because he specifically asked for a medical history. My job as my own advocate is never done. But I will take today's video as inspiration to never stop believing in myself and to never give up. My darkest moments are exactly when I need to keep going the most. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@Decay19XX]

Sorry you had to go through that, I won't even go and see a doctor anymore even though I've been really needing to for years for a myriad of reasons, but I think that's mainly because i've become really agoraphobic and kinda spiraled out of control to the point I even ignored my lungs filling with fluid for a few months not too long ago alongside really bad heart pains that were radiating up my neck and shoulder, just to avoid seeing people. That was the second time it's happened since January but this time was worse and took much longer to recover. I just kinda let it happen even though I know I can solve it all simply by reaching out, I just feel like I can't do it.

[@DeannaBrownlee]

@@Decay19XX I'm so sorry you're scared. I hope you one day find the courage to seek out medical help so that you can feel better and live the healthy life you deserve. Don't take my words as a caution against all doctors. Just take them as a caution against all doctors as well as a means to find the courage to not give up.

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

Their audacity is still going strong.

[@Tandrona]

My mom tells my siblings this story every time they ask "Why do we HAVE to-uhh?" (Read in complainy/exhausted voice), but not with this many details! Thank you for this story, and happy birthday!

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

I've seen so many videos on this so no new information here for me, but it still gives me chills thinking how many people died needlessly because some stuck-up, self-important, tied-to-tradition old rich dudes couldn't accept they were wrong. Expand this to other situations, and the feelings only get worse. Thanks Dr. Mike for giving this your time!

[@Kaye09MNchick]

Highly recommend people to take a History of Medicine class!! Super interesting! I learned about this (a part from how he died!) in a History of Medicine class in undergrad. The other doctors were just so salty that another doctor was telling them they were basically killing patients because of their stubbornness. Which makes all of the deaths by their hands so pointless and irresponsible because they could have totally just done their own experiments and saw for themselves. Such an easy thing to test and change and it was all because of ego that they didn’t want to change how they were working.

[@joanhoffman3702]

Bruised egos have gotten many people killed throughout history.

[@guilly8887]

I loved this! Can you please do more medical history videos?! I think we take for granted all the modern medical & hygiene practices we have today. I think we need to re-educate people. We've gotten comfortable & forgot why we do what we do. ❤

[@maricruzcastillo2229]

Happy birthday doctor Mike I hope you have a great time today surrounded by your family and friends I send you a big hug for you 🎂🎉🎊

[@megankun6299]

Dr. Mike, you are probably the best KZbinr I’ve ever watched in the whole entire world. I love you, Dr. Mike love Joseph.

[@Khloegutierrez13]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR MIKE 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@carsonskiing]

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday Dr. Mike HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

[@melissasheppard6674]

I forgot it was his birthday lol. Thanks 😊

[@eloskiify]

I had conflated this story with that of Joseph Lister. Another great doctor who knew the importance of washing your hands

[@anettgaborneolah5817]

as a Hungarian, I appreciate the proper pronunciation of Budapest (and this whole video. and you, Doctor Mike!)

[@ultimateskillchain]

how is this mispronounced? I've never heard it any way except the correct way so I am curious.

[@petertakacs3180]

@@ultimateskillchain the "'s" is often mispronounced as the "s" in "silent", while the correct way is like the "s" in "short"

[@aqua5516]

​@@ultimateskillchain"s" is "sh" and "a" is between English "o" and "a" like "hot" in RP accent. So it's 'Budopesht'

[@ultimateskillchain]

@@aqua5516 thanks, yeah that's how I tend to hear it most often so I didn't realise the incorrect way was common :) cheers

[@soumyaprakash2815]

As a med student who joined med school this year in India... during my foundation week our professor told us this story... during importance of washing hand session It's feels good to hear the same story from you Dr Mike ❤❤❤

[@-tayIorsversion-]

dr. mike teaches me more than all my teachers combined. ( okay i’ve created ww3 in the comments 😭 )

[@galaxy.strawberries8080]

Facts

[@EthanSilva-fz6ow]

This is more factual than what they teach us lol

[@sedemedward7364]

Cap

[@eationajust3183]

Yep he is more handsome than all teachers combined ☺️

[@spreader26]

Pay attention in class

[@humans4130]

I'm so grateful that Dr. Mike's channel is still going after all these years.

[@potridge]

Unlike on other KZbin channels, I actually learned something here! Kudos to you, Dr. Mike.

[@starfishgurl1984]

What a crazy story that I’d never heard before, thanks so much for sharing!

[@yumeka_is_dreaming]

I think it's hard to admit that a daily practice caused death of many who could simply live - just as simply is nature of a childbirth. Learning on your mistakes was also few years away. Funfact: burying the dead in Japan back in a days was considered unclean practice, graveworkers use to live outside the community to not bring death to people. Great storytelling. Always waiting for some from you!

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

@deannal.newton9772 They have limited space, come find videos about their hi-tech memorials, something from another planet indeed.

[@Neurospicybunny]

To echo what others have said, your engaging storytelling along with the illustrations/animation makes these important events from history so interesting to learn about!

[@_Iskrajugovic_]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR MIKE🎂🩺🎂🩺🎂🩺🎂🩺

[@bridgettesouthard7484]

I truly love and appreciate your holistic approach to medicine and treating the whole person. Maybe someday we'll get a Semmelweis reflex video of you and modern day vaccines as they are being pushed far more than when they were originally intended to help. We had commercials for healthy reasons to smoke cigarettes and now find out we were drawn astray.

[@stryfe7467]

Happy birthday, Doctor Mike!! 🎉 Thank you for pushing forward someone who's not very well known... even though Dr. Semmelweis is responsible for starting one of the most critical hygiene practices in everyday life.

[@fonjadidi]

He's the kind of Dr we need, see and issue and try very very hard to find out what the problem is!!

[@garymartinez8494]

Thank you for this my heart is heavy with saddness for the great man ignaz semmelveis but I'm grateful for his work and grateful to know of it since often Louis Pasteur is seen as the "father" of modern medicine when in fact ignaz laid the foundation for those who came after him

[@GarysPauny]

Fast forward to 2019 and the world balks at the idea of wearing a mask and washing your hands. We come a long ways.

[@thaloblue]

((not really))

[@RaquellyReacts]

Wow, great information, thanks Dr mike!

[@kruthikasriramoju6961]

Happpy birthday doctor mike 🎊 🎉, wishing u lots of happiness and good health a head of you …thank u for everything ur doing and thank u for educating us and being an inspiration. Hope u have a great day ❤

[@coolbeans5911]

finally, more needed praise for this incredible individual

[@Fluteperson01]

I did a school report on him, it was insane.

[@miasteyn7149]

happy birthday Dr. thank u so much for everything you do!!!

[@catboyrice]

i am currently taking GCSE history and last year we did the history of medicine, this is a great video demonstrating the beliefs they had in the renaissance period about the Four Humours and Miasma!

[@thaloblue]

Night vapors fascinates me because I have so, so many allergies. I honestly have walked outdoors for brief periods of time and returned home feeling sabotaged or poisoned somehow because of what I'm allergic to and how my body responds. It feels to me that they were sort of onto something, but they had no concept of pollen, mold, or dander. Our schedules are very different from three centuries ago because of electricity, so all the work and travel was done outdoors in the daytime with the gathering, settling, and sleeping done during the evening. If there was mold in your bedroom, or you were allergic to the type of wood being burned in your fireplace, and all you know is that one minute you were breathing and another moment you felt very ill, the concept of miasma makes sense. I'm lucky to be alive at this time. I am definitely quite close to your average sickly Victorian child. I wouldn't have stood a chance if we didn't have antibiotics.

[@frostymcnuggets8504]

That's how science goes...the scientists ahead of their time get called crazy, and conspiracy theorists. This still happens to this day.

[@CyclingM1867]

Happy birthday, Doctor Mike!! Thanks for sharing this fascinating and important story as well as keeping knowledge and truth on the internet.

[@shelbimorales]

Absolutely love how you tell a story. It keeps me enthralled and listening. Thank you.

[@yourtransformationgenie]

Superb. Imagine how many people we save every time we are willing to drop our old, outdated beliefs. More vids like this, please! PS Do you know about Dr James Barry, the first woman surgeon in the UK, who dressed as a man to study medicine, became the UK Army's Inspector General and attended the world's first successful Caesarian in which both mother and child survived? Her gender was only revealed after she died. An amazing story - could this be the topic of a video too?

[@C3nterS4ageS0und]

Happy birthday Dr. Mike 🎉Here's to another year of staying happy and healthy 🎂

[@spoopyboi1882]

This story just shows the lengths people will go to deny any claims that they're wrong and refuse to change. God bless Ignus(or however you spell his name)

[@eszett36]

Ignaz, and it's pronounced Ignahtz

[@rightwhereyouwannab3]

i actually just went down a rabbit hole into this story a couple days ago! im so excited to watch this. EDIT: This was an incredible watch! I LOVE seeing this style and learning about advances in medical history. I hope you do more videos like this!

[@rightwhereyouwannab3]

going down a rabbit hole doesn't always mean researching or falling into stuff where nothing makes sense. sometimes it's getting distracted and learning more about something than you intended! i work for a data company and was just looking up random stuff to do further research on. i'm primarily a plant science major, but take a lot of biology classes, so i was looking into some biology stuff. one click on a biologist lead to another and then other types of doctors and researchers until i got to dr. john snow and his contributions to medicine and his working theories were really close to semmelweis, and then boom lmao. started off somewhere very different until i got there. but thank you!@rileynguyen8880

[@spyninjacat9900]

His video’s honestly teach me so much. I love these videos

[@smileyeagle1021]

Am I the only one who thinks that the instinct to reject new facts that go against what we think we know should have been named after the supervisor who fired him and not Ignis?

[@LianBawiHupKhupChon07]

🎉🎉HAPPY 34th BIRTHDAY MIKHAIL V!🎉I love you and your amazing content so much please never stop posting💙

[@rorytribbet6424]

This is the goat of all thumbnails

[@UrFavVictoria]

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[@Gracieshupe]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR MIKE ILYSM, YOUR VIDEOS MAKE ME SO HAPPY🎉🎂

[@Zulanne]

Great information said by a soothing voice.. Thank you.

[@The_Catnip]

A movie will come out about Semmelweis in Hungary soon. Hungarians are very proud of him. Also, the animation is 👌 Happy birthday, Dr. Mike!

[@krisztianunpronounceable]

We are very proud of him!

[@The_Catnip]

@@krisztianunpronounceable What's up with your prof picture? It makes me f*cking uncomfortable. Is that a 'Nyilasok' symbol???

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

Thanks, I`ll check it out

[@yahvinidhi9112]

Happy birthday Dr. Mike 🥳🎂 sorry for the late wishes Lots of love from future docs😉

[@joannepowell5154]

Happy birthday Dr Mike, I trust you are having a wonderful day🎉. There are many incidents within history, of Dr's being lambasted for their beliefs. The practice still continues, but we don't disgrace people as much, we do trials. We have a lot to thank Dr's from the past, present to the future of medicine. We are constantly evolving. 😊

[@GrandmaLoves2Scuba]

I've read this story before, but I could listen to Dr. Mike all day long...

[@TsvetoslavaPopova-hf8rs]

Thank you for the wonderful video! Happy birthday, dear doctor Mike!

[@Cat29926]

Hi I’m also from Hungary like Ignác and I’m so happy to see creators like you (especially cuz ur my favorite KZbinr and doctor) talk about this ❤

[@AndrewCanion]

Happy birthday, Doctor Mike! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤ Love from Australia 🇦🇺

[@tamarindsoleyn9856]

Happy birthday, Dr. Mike!🎊 🎉❤

[@jhaanvipadmanabhan6152]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR MIKEEEE!!! watching you has taught me so much, and has infinitely inspired me to do much better in my academics (oh yeah im so becoming a doctor) and health wise as well!! sending you lots of love and hope you continue to peewoop your way through life!! ❤️

[@XDfrenchfryIDK]

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[@XDfrenchfryIDK]

Hope u do great 👍

[@daxentomasivern7744]

more videos about this !! love the origins of this things

[@crazygirl_irl2189]

Heard about it on your “The checkup” podcast one day and wanted to do some research on the topic but here you are, with the brilliant animated video and great storytelling. ❤ So sad to know that the doctor died 😢

[@ericap6718]

Happy Birthday, Dr. Mike!!❤😊🎉 I learn so much from your channel. Thanks for all you do!!

[@searchanddiscover]

19th century medicine and death is a fascinating subject. There is a great documentary series called Hidden Killers on how even the most common household items in Victorian era were deadly.

[@holyngrace7806]

This was a brilliant presentation! Ty!

[@SugiVernyik]

I remember being taught this when I was in primary school (in Hungary) but it was never this interesting. Great story, thanks for sharing Doctor Mike.

[@Sly-Moose]

It's so sad that heroes only get the respect they deserved all along until after they've already passed 😔

[@KrakenIsland64]

Just hearing about the term Semmelweis Reflex is wild considering we're bombarded with cases of it every day by science deniers and politicians.

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

science is not scientism, bruh, many corrupt ppl there too

[@lucerobarrera8707]

Props to whoever did the animation

[@anjalikambham107]

Happy birthday, Dr. Mike!! Hope you have an incredible birthday!! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into making each video, I have learned many things from your videos, and your videos inspire me and always put a smile on my face ❤🥳🎂