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Semmelweis

Story of the great physician who saved millions of lives due to his discovery of the cause of childbed fever (puerperal fever) and eliminated its danger by prescribing the absolute sterlization of all instruments and the cleanliness of all persons coming in contact with the mother.

Aired: May 28, 1950 Genre: DramaCasts: Bert LytellProducers:Duration: 1h Rating: 0 Country:Production: Showcase Productions

Seasons

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Episodes

01: What Every Woman Knows 02: Pride's Castle 03: The Little Sister 04: The Lonely 05: The Queen Bee 06: Something's Got to Give 07: The Last Tycoon 08: Because of the Lockwoods 09: Damion's Daughter 10: The House of Seven Gables 11: The Promise 12: Medical Meeting 13: The Wonderful Mrs. Ingram 14: Mist on the Waters 15: The Beautiful Bequest 16: The Strange Christmas Dinner 17: In Beauty Like the Night 18: Little Boy Lost 19: Bethel Merriday 20: Murder at the Stork Club 21: The Marriages 22: Uncle Dynamite 23: The Sudden Guest 24: Ann Rutledge 25: A Letter to Mr. Priest 26: Hometown 27: The Life of Vincent Van Gogh 28: The Uncertain Molly Collicutt 29: The Trial of Steven Kent 30: The Second Oldest Profession 31: Nocturne 32: Dirty Eddie 33: The End is Known 34: The Man in the Black Hat 35: The American 36: The Feast 37: Brat Farrar 38: The Charmed Circle 39: Semmelweis 40: Sense and Sensibility 41: The Bump on Brannigan's Head 42: Anything Can Happen 43: Hear My Heart Speak 44: The Reluctant Landlord 45: The Tentacles