With an innovative logo, global search giant Google today appeared Friday to encourage hand-washing properly to reduce the spread of the new Corona virus, summoning in the center of its logo a picture of a doctor who passed away 174 years ago, which is Agnitz Simelfis, who was working in Vienna Hospital, and is considered one of the Pioneers of sterilization, and among the first to be alerted to the medical benefits of handwashing.
The professor of obstetric surgery, Dr. Simelfis (born in 1818 and died in 1865), was named a maternal rescuer because, after his appointment at the Vienna Hospital, he managed to reduce the death rate of mothers who were exposed to postpartum fever and subsequently lost their lives.
The "rescuer" doctor called on colleagues and midwives to need to wash hands thoroughly and disinfect them with a solution. Indeed, the theory succeeded, despite the objection of some to it, and the ridicule of others from it, as the death rate decreased in the maternity hospital where he worked, and the infection contracted ... but Simlevis's life took a dramatic turn, especially after he described those who did not follow his instructions as murderers.