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The Popperian Podcast #25 – Donald Gillies – ‘The Philosophy of Medical Discovery’
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Zemoweis: A Start to Germ Theory
Zemoweis investigated deaths of mothers shortly after childbirth. He started listening hypotheses and knocking them down one after the other. People don't want to believe that what he says is true, because in many ways the problem is doctors fail to wash their hands properly after going to the morgue. So I might get a talk us through Zemoweis as a start to germ theory with that wonderful case.
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