What do *you mean things so small we can't see them with the human eye? Are you crazy?

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The fucked up part is that barely a decade after his death - thanks to the efforts of Louis Pasteur - Semmelweis's work went from so controversial they condemned him to his death, to becoming the basis for the field of aseptics

Florence Nightingale made some important public contributions here as well

I know that effect!

“That's the Florence Nightingale effect. It happens in hospitals when nurses fall in love with their patients.”

But what was George doing in that tree?