The real cause of puerperal fever

It’s 1847, and physician Ignaz Semmelweis has reduced the number of childbed fever deaths in a clinic from 12% to 1% by requiring all medical personnel to disinfect their hands after autopsies and between patient examinations.With this initiative, he has proven the contagious nature of childbed fever.Ha!It’s 1879, and Louis Pasteur has identified the contaminant responsible for many cases of childbed fever:Hemolytic streptococcus bacteria.Hmm, my fries are cold.Must be because my ice cream melted.