On taking up his post as assistant to a professor at the First Maternity Clinic of Vienna’s General Hospital in 1846, Semmelweis faced an appalling reality ​ — more than 13 percent of the women giving birth there died from a disease called childbed fever.
Saat menjadi asisten profesor di First Maternity Clinic of Vienna’s General Hospital pada 1846, Semmelweis menghadapi situasi yang mengerikan, lebih dari 13 persen ibu yang melahirkan mati akibat suatu penyakit yang disebut infeksi setelah melahirkan.