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

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  • čas přidán 11. 11. 2023
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  • @MissDeal55
    @MissDeal55 Před 5 měsíci +1390

    “People were outraged that a doctor cared about female mortality rates”

    • @thaloblue
      @thaloblue Před 5 měsíci +1

      ((MEN)) were outraged that a doctor cared about female mortality rates and recognized midwives were doing it better.

    • @cosmicmuffin322
      @cosmicmuffin322 Před 5 měsíci

      Once again, men's egos come before basic humanity. Those male doctors would rather women die the most horrific deaths than be told they were wrong.

    • @TheCryingChildRB1055
      @TheCryingChildRB1055 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Like me

    • @henrietta5969
      @henrietta5969 Před 4 měsíci +61

      MEN* were outraged… well ofc

    • @JackSparrow-st5tg
      @JackSparrow-st5tg Před 4 měsíci +47

      Kinda like now, isn't it?(Referring to the abortion ban)

  • @gvidaver
    @gvidaver Před 5 měsíci +3732

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

    • @livefast_taehyung
      @livefast_taehyung Před 5 měsíci +86

      reminds me of *cough cough sexuality

    • @enriquesol
      @enriquesol Před 5 měsíci

      Anti vaxxers

    • @Max.Sinister
      @Max.Sinister Před 5 měsíci +150

      Ah, religion

    • @anadd6195
      @anadd6195 Před 5 měsíci +9

      THAT!!!!

    • @professorbutters
      @professorbutters Před 5 měsíci +26

      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.

  • @patrickdix772
    @patrickdix772 Před 5 měsíci +1959

    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
      @professorbutters Před 5 měsíci +24

      They did change the laws eventually.

    • @KLondike5
      @KLondike5 Před 5 měsíci

      There's a very very early documentary called Titticut Follies from inside an institution. It's the actual seeing of the things going on in there that caused people to make changes. It's also why people still have a hard time believing certain things and grabbing on a conspiracy. It's not legal for us to run cameras around COVID wards & refrigerator trucks of bodies at the time so it was out of sight and out of mind & not real.

    • @moondriedtomato
      @moondriedtomato Před 5 měsíci +31

      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
      @SUGAs_Shadow85 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Right!

    • @DabbaDoya
      @DabbaDoya Před 5 měsíci +37

      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. 😢

  • @essaboselin5252
    @essaboselin5252 Před 5 měsíci +1702

    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
      @Christianna271 Před 5 měsíci +129

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

    • @TheCuriousNoob
      @TheCuriousNoob Před 5 měsíci +105

      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
      @janemary8339 Před 5 měsíci +9

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

    • @concrete192
      @concrete192 Před 5 měsíci +100

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

    • @essaboselin5252
      @essaboselin5252 Před 5 měsíci +47

      @@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.

  • @nollypolly
    @nollypolly Před 5 měsíci +975

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

    • @lunahodnomerdva
      @lunahodnomerdva Před 5 měsíci +8

      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
      @jeffreysmith236 Před 5 měsíci +24

      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
      @tiagomoraes1510 Před 5 měsíci

      Circumcision only exists because of this.

    • @mobee9181
      @mobee9181 Před 5 měsíci +2

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

    • @Lilian040210
      @Lilian040210 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @personperson740
    @personperson740 Před 5 měsíci +3115

    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
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci +47

      "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
      @Diaphat Před 5 měsíci +13

      But I went to college!

    • @Oma_Wetterwachs
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@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
      @Diaphat Před 5 měsíci +15

      @@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
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@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 😅✌️

  • @pratiikkaushik8285
    @pratiikkaushik8285 Před 5 měsíci +1029

    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.

  • @Elish-a
    @Elish-a Před 5 měsíci +558

    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.

  • @itsmxtwist
    @itsmxtwist Před 5 měsíci +474

    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
      @PROVOCATEURSK Před 5 měsíci +6

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

    • @itsmxtwist
      @itsmxtwist Před 5 měsíci +9

      @@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
      @davidenatoh359 Před 5 měsíci +1

      What?@@PROVOCATEURSK

    • @depressantdrug
      @depressantdrug Před 4 měsíci

      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
      @Frostfern94 Před 3 měsíci +5

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

  • @gabriellavarga8742
    @gabriellavarga8742 Před 5 měsíci +743

    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
      @DDori-rb4im Před 5 měsíci +16

      igen, én is ezt szerettem volna leírni:)

    • @loganmacgyver2625
      @loganmacgyver2625 Před 5 měsíci +15

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

    • @Oma_Wetterwachs
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@loganmacgyver2625 Whats wrong?

    • @somadeli8721
      @somadeli8721 Před 5 měsíci

      Same

    • @gabriellavarga8742
      @gabriellavarga8742 Před 5 měsíci +32

      @@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.

  • @sleepyote
    @sleepyote Před 5 měsíci +289

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

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer Před 5 měsíci +9

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

  • @beautifulleaves8616
    @beautifulleaves8616 Před 5 měsíci +127

    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

  • @onomesophie
    @onomesophie Před 5 měsíci +563

    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
      @i_drew Před 5 měsíci +14

      Love from ethiopia

    • @Oma_Wetterwachs
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci +4

      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
      @peterpan-wp6qp Před 5 měsíci +3

      I'm in nigeria too

    • @_dammiieey_574
      @_dammiieey_574 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I am Nigerian toooo😭😭😭😭

    • @FlowerPower-cf2fp
      @FlowerPower-cf2fp Před 5 měsíci

      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.

  • @atomic_cupcake
    @atomic_cupcake Před 5 měsíci +543

    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
      @thelegioncollective Před 5 měsíci +13

      I hope you get your wish.

    • @YourPalKindred
      @YourPalKindred Před 5 měsíci +3

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

    • @markburke1396
      @markburke1396 Před 5 měsíci +2

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

    • @atomic_cupcake
      @atomic_cupcake Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@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
      @atomic_cupcake Před 5 měsíci

      @@YourPalKindred aaaah thank you 😅💞

  • @CoolSpringsFootCare
    @CoolSpringsFootCare Před 5 měsíci +66

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

  • @susiethomas6909
    @susiethomas6909 Před 5 měsíci +145

    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.

  • @jaydenellsmore-mm8db
    @jaydenellsmore-mm8db Před 5 měsíci +382

    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
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci +1

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

    • @CarSVernon
      @CarSVernon Před 5 měsíci +6

      I mean this is definitely not boring

    • @kuransays
      @kuransays Před 5 měsíci

      Exactly. Not to mention he's incredibly handsome 😊

    • @LizzyDizzyYo
      @LizzyDizzyYo Před 5 měsíci

      I think the editing helps a lot.

    • @Oma_Wetterwachs
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci

      @@kuransays yeah but hetero

  • @rosem.5899
    @rosem.5899 Před 5 měsíci +116

    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
      @souldancersbyjennifer Před 5 měsíci +19

      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
      @thaloblue Před 5 měsíci +34

      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
      @cosmicmuffin322 Před 5 měsíci

      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
      @barakingplayz5581 Před 3 měsíci +5

      ​@@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.

  • @Angiesensei.
    @Angiesensei. Před 5 měsíci +130

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

  • @taylorrae3947
    @taylorrae3947 Před 5 měsíci +259

    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
      @hawkeye7527 Před 5 měsíci +37

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

    • @DaveMelonfire
      @DaveMelonfire Před 5 měsíci +38

      @@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
      @Grammichal Před 5 měsíci +3

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

    • @spoodersama1455
      @spoodersama1455 Před 5 měsíci +3

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

    • @taylorrae3947
      @taylorrae3947 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@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 😒

  • @mollyb.7834
    @mollyb.7834 Před 5 měsíci +230

    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
      @harveyabel1354 Před 5 měsíci +2

      What's the name of the movie, please?

    • @peterantal5445
      @peterantal5445 Před 5 měsíci +4

      The name of the movie is Semmelweis

    • @loganmacgyver2625
      @loganmacgyver2625 Před 5 měsíci

      the film is already out?

    • @oscarg14100
      @oscarg14100 Před 5 měsíci +3

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

    • @loganmacgyver2625
      @loganmacgyver2625 Před 5 měsíci +2

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

  • @ellehacker3168
    @ellehacker3168 Před 5 měsíci +38

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

  • @mariemoscatelli
    @mariemoscatelli Před 5 měsíci +74

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

    • @Oma_Wetterwachs
      @Oma_Wetterwachs Před 5 měsíci

      Wurde er im Narrenturm umgebracht? Liebe Grüße aus Köln

  • @UltraCenterHQ
    @UltraCenterHQ Před 5 měsíci +54

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

    • @8d231.
      @8d231. Před 5 měsíci

      Reminds me of đȢ̳

  • @TheCommonGentry
    @TheCommonGentry Před 5 měsíci +130

    we need more medical history stories

  • @notreallight
    @notreallight Před 5 měsíci +72

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

  • @MelodyWasTaken
    @MelodyWasTaken Před 5 měsíci +24

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

  • @delusional_fool630
    @delusional_fool630 Před 5 měsíci +20

    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! :)

  • @Khloegutierrez13
    @Khloegutierrez13 Před 5 měsíci +51

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR MIKE 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @carsonskiing
      @carsonskiing Před 5 měsíci +3

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

    • @melissasheppard6674
      @melissasheppard6674 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I forgot it was his birthday lol. Thanks 😊

  • @Kaye09MNchick
    @Kaye09MNchick Před 5 měsíci +86

    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
      @joanhoffman3702 Před 5 měsíci

      Bruised egos have gotten many people killed throughout history.

  • @DeannaBrownlee
    @DeannaBrownlee Před 5 měsíci +28

    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
      @Decay19XX Před 5 měsíci +2

      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
      @DeannaBrownlee Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@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.

  • @iscoolerthenU
    @iscoolerthenU Před 5 měsíci +32

    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
      @bellaknightR597 Před měsícem

      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

  • @Tandrona
    @Tandrona Před 5 měsíci +44

    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!

  • @ColtonRMagby
    @ColtonRMagby Před 5 měsíci +141

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

  • @anettgaborneolah5817
    @anettgaborneolah5817 Před 5 měsíci +43

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

    • @ultimateskillchain
      @ultimateskillchain Před 5 měsíci

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

    • @petertakacs3180
      @petertakacs3180 Před 5 měsíci +3

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

    • @aqua5516
      @aqua5516 Před 5 měsíci

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

    • @ultimateskillchain
      @ultimateskillchain Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @emperormegaman3856
    @emperormegaman3856 Před 5 měsíci +4

    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...

  • @-tayIorsversion-
    @-tayIorsversion- Před 5 měsíci +1731

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

  • @_Iskrajugovic_
    @_Iskrajugovic_ Před 5 měsíci +13

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR MIKE🎂🩺🎂🩺🎂🩺🎂🩺

    • @iskrajug
      @iskrajug Před 5 měsíci

      He is really amazing ! Happy birthday

  • @dasradler2348
    @dasradler2348 Před 5 měsíci +9

    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
      @aqua5516 Před 5 měsíci

      In Hungary too. Az anyák megmentője

  • @yumeka_is_dreaming
    @yumeka_is_dreaming Před 5 měsíci +15

    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!

    • @deannal.newton9772
      @deannal.newton9772 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Is that why they stopped burying the dead all together in Japan and decided on cremation?

  • @Fluteperson01
    @Fluteperson01 Před 5 měsíci +30

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

  • @TitusRex
    @TitusRex Před 5 měsíci +8

    Interestingly ancient religions such as Judaism prescribed ritual washing after touching any dead body, human or animal. People were considered unclean until they did the prescribed washing of hands feet and sometimes entire body.

  • @KrakenIsland64
    @KrakenIsland64 Před 5 měsíci +24

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

  • @GarysPauny
    @GarysPauny Před 5 měsíci +28

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

  • @maricruzcastillo2229
    @maricruzcastillo2229 Před 5 měsíci +39

    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 🎂🎉🎊

  • @spoopyboi1882
    @spoopyboi1882 Před 5 měsíci +23

    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)

  • @musicsucks5843
    @musicsucks5843 Před 5 měsíci +14

    I can’t wrap my head around how the four humors theory existed for so long when it was causing so much more suffering and death

  • @emilywynstra
    @emilywynstra Před 5 měsíci +8

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

  • @The_Catnip
    @The_Catnip Před 5 měsíci +22

    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
      @krisztianunpronounceable Před 5 měsíci +2

      We are very proud of him!

    • @The_Catnip
      @The_Catnip Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @mw66683
    @mw66683 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Society (medical or otherwise) can be so needlessly cruel.

  • @potridge
    @potridge Před 5 měsíci +6

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

  • @camillaampy6937
    @camillaampy6937 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Washing your hands is very important. Every person on Earth needs to watch this episode. You nailed it Doctor Mike and Happy Birthday. ♥️🎂

  • @searchanddiscover
    @searchanddiscover Před 5 měsíci +18

    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.

  • @jitendradhaka1624
    @jitendradhaka1624 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Wish you a very happy birthday Dr. Mike....May you live long forever and ever and serve the mankind❤❤❤

  • @daxentomasivern7744
    @daxentomasivern7744 Před 4 měsíci +5

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

  • @elizabethdankert1
    @elizabethdankert1 Před 5 měsíci +8

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

  • @ThatRiceGuy
    @ThatRiceGuy Před 5 měsíci +19

    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
      @thaloblue Před 5 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @RnJGreywolf
    @RnJGreywolf Před 5 měsíci +4

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

  • @patrickciobotaru5898
    @patrickciobotaru5898 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Happy Birthday Dr. Mike 🎉 You’re the best doctor! Thank you for all 🙏

  • @pedrostormrage
    @pedrostormrage Před 5 měsíci +4

    Man, Dr. Ignaz was a true scientist! It's tragic that not only he didn't get recognition during his time, but was even killed eventually. The decrease in mortality rates that he achieved with his hygiene practices should have been more than enough to warrant changes (regardless of the explanation), which only goes to show that pride and confirmation bias really get in the way of progress (and science).

  • @kruthikasriramoju6961
    @kruthikasriramoju6961 Před 5 měsíci +19

    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 ❤

  • @CyclingM1867
    @CyclingM1867 Před 5 měsíci +11

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

  • @desireer6915
    @desireer6915 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @Sassypantsdance
    @Sassypantsdance Před 5 měsíci +2

    I've heard this story before and it still never ceases to amaze me. Choosing pride over reason can kill.

  • @slavabogu2day
    @slavabogu2day Před 5 měsíci +6

    My great grandmother was a midwife- without any formal training- but she was very good according to her patients… also practice of washing hands was very common in many cultures since BC times… I don’t understand why some places like Vienna rejected such a practice

  • @ohemgeesoboard
    @ohemgeesoboard Před 5 měsíci +3

    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

  • @eloskiify
    @eloskiify Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @stryfe7467
    @stryfe7467 Před 5 měsíci +25

    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.

  • @LianBawiHupKhupChon07
    @LianBawiHupKhupChon07 Před 5 měsíci +12

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

  • @hritikkejriwal3956
    @hritikkejriwal3956 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Been into Med School a month and was taught this exact story in one of the community medicine classes and now seeing this video like this just makes it a whole lot better!

  • @guilly8887
    @guilly8887 Před 5 měsíci +9

    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. ❤

  • @i_drew
    @i_drew Před 5 měsíci +4

    Happy birth day to you!
    Happy birth day to you!
    Thank you for all your service,
    And we are lucky for your existence!🎶
    Happy birth day to you!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
    Love from Ethiopia 🇪🇹

  • @evelynjam2760
    @evelynjam2760 Před 5 měsíci +3

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

  • @briannemorfitt5283
    @briannemorfitt5283 Před 5 měsíci +6

    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 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @paigegabriel5347
    @paigegabriel5347 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank you Dr. Mike for highlighting a story on maternal mortality!

  • @Gracieshupe
    @Gracieshupe Před 5 měsíci +4

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

  • @hanazeeshan5315
    @hanazeeshan5315 Před 5 měsíci +11

    That intro is so low-key dramatic- i thought I was watching a thriller
    Edit: Nevermind, it is a thriller

    • @marz_mm2
      @marz_mm2 Před 5 měsíci +2

      reall

    • @RekaBokfi
      @RekaBokfi Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yes, and they made a movie about it in Hungary 😄 it premiers next month

  • @stephanielove1907
    @stephanielove1907 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Happy Birthday Dr. Mike ❤ thank you for everything you do

  • @starfishgurl1984
    @starfishgurl1984 Před 5 měsíci +3

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

  • @Rainofc
    @Rainofc Před 5 měsíci +8

    Happy Birthday and Happy Diwali Dr. Mike!!🎉🎆🎉🎆 Love from India!🇮🇳

  • @anjalikambham107
    @anjalikambham107 Před 5 měsíci +4

    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 ❤🥳🎂

  • @Alteronx
    @Alteronx Před 5 měsíci +1

    These styles of videos are one of my absolute favorite. I get to learn new things with Dr.Mike's amazing storytelling ability

  • @shelbimorales
    @shelbimorales Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @spyninjacat9900
    @spyninjacat9900 Před 5 měsíci +13

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

  • @AndrewCanion
    @AndrewCanion Před 5 měsíci +4

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

  • @Craye2727
    @Craye2727 Před 5 měsíci +27

    It's insane that it took so long for doctors to notice this. You would think pointless deaths like these must have been occurring for most of our history. I realize it's easy to say with today's knowledge, but the fact that nobody has made that connection is absolutely mind-blowing to me. I wonder what mistakes we might be doing now, that actually have simple and obvious solutions.

    • @candicecart9786
      @candicecart9786 Před 5 měsíci

      They didn’t care bc doctors were men and women were property there to produce babies... really they would only care if the baby survived unless it was someone important 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ Many poorer and/or over crowded countries today they don’t practice good hygiene in medicine, food, etc... even in the states some medical ppl still don’t wash or sanitize their hands between patients bc they don’t want to 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @thaloblue
      @thaloblue Před 5 měsíci +2

      Across most of the world, people have to live with debilitating mental illnesses that prescriptions and therapy would greatly ameliorate. Every culture has some sort of stigma against mental healthcare. There are a great many preventable situations that we go through without treatment.
      Additionally, teenagers need the second longest time periods to sleep. The people who need the most time to sleep are newborns. Teenagers need about 10-12 uninterrupted hours of rest each day. But we force teenagers to attend school at, imo, unreasonable hours. Tampering with the sleep of a developing mind is increasingly being discovered as the trigger to a genetically dormant mental illness. You can have quite a bit of the genetic material in your dna for depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, etc, but lack the environmental triggers and never lapse into the mental illness. Getting up at 5am to go to school is a major trigger. Even in a normal, healthy, loving family, these stupid school schedules can fully unlock mental illness in an otherwise healthy teen... now think of the teens with less than favorable home lives... Crime would literally shoot down if we had teenagers attend school starting in the late morning. I attended a seminar about this sponsored by a wealthy family who lost their son to bipolar disorder and suicide. It's so simple, but boomers are arrogant and insist on forcing us to fit into molds.

  • @kristianavoutsinos9245
    @kristianavoutsinos9245 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Happy Birthday Dr. Mike!🎉 Hope you are having a great day. I love when you talk about crimes that happen in the medical field since they need to be more widely known. Can't wait for your live show! 😊

  • @rai1smaw603
    @rai1smaw603 Před 5 měsíci +3

    happy birthday!! keep making us happier and healthier with every video you publish. we love you

  • @TsvetoslavaPopova-hf8rs
    @TsvetoslavaPopova-hf8rs Před 5 měsíci +4

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

  • @miriamgomez6178
    @miriamgomez6178 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Feliz Cumple Dr. Mike! I hope you get to spend it surrounded by your loved ones!

  • @soumyaprakash2815
    @soumyaprakash2815 Před 5 měsíci +3

    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
    ❤❤❤

  • @rajanyabiswas754
    @rajanyabiswas754 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Wish you a very happy birthday Dr Mike. You are a great doctor,teacher and friend. May you and your loved ones be happy and healthy. Love from India ❤🎉😊

  • @crazygirl_irl2189
    @crazygirl_irl2189 Před 5 měsíci +8

    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 😢

  • @fabtate8621
    @fabtate8621 Před 5 měsíci

    Absolutely touching reality and thank you doctor Mike for such a valuable videos. ❤❤

  • @kevinmcqueenie7420
    @kevinmcqueenie7420 Před 5 měsíci

    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!

  • @ninockastar1
    @ninockastar1 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Happy and blessed birthday Doc, thank you for everything you do here ❤❤❤

  • @charlenengai3448
    @charlenengai3448 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Happy birthday Dr. Mike

  • @alysazimmermann9349
    @alysazimmermann9349 Před 5 měsíci

    I love the style of these kind of videos, educational but still entertaining! Please do more like this whether it be about historical moments or more science based education. Thanks Dr. Mike, learned something new today!

  • @ericap6718
    @ericap6718 Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @novemberftblue6937
    @novemberftblue6937 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I love this type of medical history Spoken by you, thanks and happy birthday to you Dr Mike🎉