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Old 06-28-2020, 02:23 PM   #1080
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Originally Posted by Deskisamess View Post
The Doctor's Plague?
Unfortunately that book wasn't published until 2003 and I read the novel in the early 80s, just after moving to Birmingham. However, checking the book on goodreads has given me the name of the doctor the novel was about:

Ignác Semmelweis

Edit: just did a quick google for novels about Ignác Semmelweis and I found the book:

The Cry and the Covenant, by Morton Thompson.

Thanks lots for the hint.
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