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Dominican Rep. That Mothers Might Live (S)
- Original title
- That Mothers Might Live
- Year
- 1938
- Running time
- 10 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Shepperd Strudwick- John Nesbitt
William Bailey
Rudolph Anders
Leonard Penn
King Baggot- Beatrice Roberts
- Ralph Brooks
Mary Howard
Barbara Bedford- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Harold Rosson (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Biography. Medical. Short Film
- Synopsis
- It's the mid-nineteenth century. As long as their have been hospitals, the joy that women have felt having just given birth in a hospital may be quickly marred by their sudden death due to what is known as childbed fever, its cause unknown. Dr. Semmelweis, who many women come to specifically to assist in their childbirth, is not immune to patients who have died in such a way. By happenstance, Dr. Semmelweis eventually discovered the reason for the illness was mere sanitation, and the need for doctors to wash their hands after each procedure. Coming to this realization and convincing the world, especially the established medical community, are two different things. Dr. Semmelweiss, who published a book on the subject, may not have gotten the recognition for this discovery during his lifetime as he tried to make his findings known and accepted, but that word would eventually spread to be commonplace and taken for granted as truth today.
- Awards
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1938: Academy Awards: Best Short Subject, One-reel
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