MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries - Episode 24 | The Desperately

In the summer of 1846, a young doctor is thrilled to join Austria’s prestigious Vienna General Hospital. But he soon discovers that new mothers in one of the hospital’s maternity wards are dying at a disturbing rate. He desperately seeks an answer for why it’s happening… and what he finds changes the field of medicine forever.

[pamjames]

Handwashing, something we all take for granted these days.