YOUR FEET: DEVELOPING A PASSION FOR OTHERS (5 OF 7)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Romans 10:13-21
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Your Feet: Developing a Passion for Others (5 of 7)
Series:7 Practices of a Healthy Christian
Scott Maze
Romans 10:13-21
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (July 1, 1818 – August 13, 1865) was a Hungarian physician now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. He is known as the savior of the mothers. His story was portrayed in a 1938 movie, That Mothers Might Live, that won an Academy Award. Philip was born into a world of dying women. In his day, 1 in 6 women died in childbirth. His desire to know the reason for the high death rate led him to become a physician. He discovered that these women were dying of something called “childbed fever.” Studying the way doctors worked in his day, he discovered something that we would consider appalling. When the doctors began their shift, they often went first to the morgue to do autopsies. Because they did not understand germs and bacteria, they did not wash their hands as they moved to the maternity ward. As they delivered children, they were killing the mothers. Philip began to experiment with washing his hands. He encouraged his colleagues to wash their hands in a chlorine solution. Immediately the maternal death rate dropped from 1 in 6 to 1 in 50 among their patients. Yet, many patients remained skeptical of this simple solution.
Finally, Philip spoke to a convention of his colleagues: “This fever is caused by decomposed material conveyed to a wound. I have shown how it could be prevented. I have proven all I have said. But while we talk, talk, talk gentlemen, women are dying. I’m not asking you to anything world shaking, I’m asking you only to wash. For God’s sake, wash your hands.” But they laughed him to scorn. Philip died insane at the age of 47 with the death rattle of a thousand women in his ears.
We continue our series this morning, Seven Practices of a Healthy Christian, as I want to discuss with you something equally simple as washing your hands. I want to talk about Developing a Passion ...
Series:7 Practices of a Healthy Christian
Scott Maze
Romans 10:13-21
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (July 1, 1818 – August 13, 1865) was a Hungarian physician now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. He is known as the savior of the mothers. His story was portrayed in a 1938 movie, That Mothers Might Live, that won an Academy Award. Philip was born into a world of dying women. In his day, 1 in 6 women died in childbirth. His desire to know the reason for the high death rate led him to become a physician. He discovered that these women were dying of something called “childbed fever.” Studying the way doctors worked in his day, he discovered something that we would consider appalling. When the doctors began their shift, they often went first to the morgue to do autopsies. Because they did not understand germs and bacteria, they did not wash their hands as they moved to the maternity ward. As they delivered children, they were killing the mothers. Philip began to experiment with washing his hands. He encouraged his colleagues to wash their hands in a chlorine solution. Immediately the maternal death rate dropped from 1 in 6 to 1 in 50 among their patients. Yet, many patients remained skeptical of this simple solution.
Finally, Philip spoke to a convention of his colleagues: “This fever is caused by decomposed material conveyed to a wound. I have shown how it could be prevented. I have proven all I have said. But while we talk, talk, talk gentlemen, women are dying. I’m not asking you to anything world shaking, I’m asking you only to wash. For God’s sake, wash your hands.” But they laughed him to scorn. Philip died insane at the age of 47 with the death rattle of a thousand women in his ears.
We continue our series this morning, Seven Practices of a Healthy Christian, as I want to discuss with you something equally simple as washing your hands. I want to talk about Developing a Passion ...
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