Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp · Apr 16, 2023
Scientist who discovered that hand washing dramatically reduces mortality during child birth was ridiculed by his colleagues and then committed to an insane asylum, where he was beaten and then died 14 days later.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Germ theory took a shockingly long time to be accepted! The entire medical establishment was against it for centuries.
Von Leeuwenhoek's 1677 ‘letter on the protozoa’ was verified by The Royal Society.
12:11 PM · April 16, 2023 · 2.3M views
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