That was later; earlier in history doctors (or "doctors" if you so insist) did not wash their hands.
I was mainly pushing back on the idea that something as seemingly obvious as hand washing was the thing that made surgery safe. It took quite a bit more than just simple hand washing.
I was mainly pushing back on the idea that something as seemingly obvious as hand washing was the thing that made surgery safe. It took quite a bit more than just simple hand washing.