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By ________ strict rules of hygiene in maternity wards, Ignaz Semmelwe Updated on: 05 Nov 2025, 12:51
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By ________ strict rules of hygiene in maternity wards, Ignaz Semmelweis saved many women from dying of childbed fever, a fate that many expectant mothers feared.

A. challenging

B. instituting

C. intimating

D. invalidating

E. sanitizing


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How did Semmelweis save women from dying of childbed fever? He did so by establishing or instituting strict rules of hygiene.

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Please correct the Typo in option B. It says "intitutuing"
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Please correct the Typo in option B. It says "intitutuing"
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