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Which medical pioneer discovered the relationship between the incidence of puerperal fever and unwashed hands?

  • A. Karl Cred?©
  • B. Ignaz Semmelweis
  • C. Louis Pasteur
  • D. Joseph Lister
Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Ignaz Semmelweis deduced that puerperal fever was septic, contagious, and transmitted by the unwashed hands of physicians and medical students.