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Who followed the practices proposed by Semmelweis and achieved great success?
Joseph Lister
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Joseph Lister was a British surgeon who followed the practices proposed by Ignaz Semmelweis and achieved great success. Semmelweis had proposed that doctors wash their hands with chlorinated lime before performing surgery, and Lister followed this advice. Lister also introduced the use of carbolic acid spray in the operating room, which further reduced the incidence of infection.
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