Ignaz Semmelweis

This page lists items in the database related to Hungarian physician and obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis (b. Buda-Taban, Hungary, 1 July 1818; d. Vienna, Austria, 13 August 1865):

• Ignaz Semmelweis’ marble lunette in Szeged

• Ignaz Semmelweis memorial tablet in Budapest

• Ignaz Semmelweis’ memories in Medizinhistorisches Museum des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin, Vienna

• Ignaz Semmelweis’ monument in front of Szent Rókus Kórház (hospital), Budapest

• Ignaz Semmelweis’ mural in Lessons from the past, challenges for the future, Rome

• Ignaz Semmelweis’ original burial in Budapest

• Medical monuments in the main building of the University of Vienna with:
  • Ignaz Semmelweis’ bas-relief
  • Vienna medical school roll of honour

• Old Vienna General Hospital in Vienna

• Semmelweis-Frauenklinik in Vienna with Ignaz Semmelweis’ bust

• Semmelweis Medical History Museum in Budapest with:
  • Ignaz Semmelweis’ memorabilia

Bibliography

– W.F.Bynum and Helen Bynum, Dictionary of medical biography, Greenwood Press, Westport (CT) 2007, vol. 5, pp. 1133-35.