Re: Hand-Washing/Digest Number 513

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Actually, Semmelweis was the hand-washing pioneer (1840's), followed by Pasteur, and then Lister (both in the 1860's) expanded on their work.  They were ALL avid hand-washers. On Nov 12, 2008, at 9:09 AM, helen/zhebee wrote:Thank you, Belinda for clearingthat up for us/me.Helen  From: "belinda@..." <belinda@...>To:  Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:01:17 PMSubject: RE: [ ] Digest Number 513Actually it was Dr Lister I believe, not Pasteur who was the avid hand washer. His own patients were surviving child birth while his colleagues were not - he knew there were what we now know as germs but since they couldn't been seen he was laughed at and ridiculed. His name is where we get the name Listerine from.Belindawww.learningtreasur es.com