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3 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: handwashings

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Handwashing

The Semmelweis story functions as Jiang's model of institutional self-protection: evidence that saves lives can be suppressed when it would expose elite responsibility for prior harm.

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Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

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"And only about 3 % were dying in the first clinic. So Ignat Simmelweis, he was appalled by this. And so he launched an..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

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"He basically had everyone wash their hands using a formula of water, chlorine, and lime. And we still use it today, exactly the same..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

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"And then Simmelweis of course responded by, yes, I understand that, but if we don't publish our findings, if we don't let the world..."

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