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Ignaz Semmelweis, a Rare card
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures, known as the "saviour of mothers".
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Ranked #1,084 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Postpartum infection, also known as puerperal fever or childbed fever, was common in the 19th century, and often fatal.
- Semmelweis demonstrated that the incidence of infection could be drastically reduced by requiring healthcare workers in obstetrical clinics to disinfect their hands.
- In 1847, he proposed hand washing with chlorinated lime solutions at Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had thrice the mortality of midwives' wards.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ignaz Semmelweis article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ignaz Semmelweis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : József Borsos / Albert Doctor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.






