title: [How Semmelweis combined apparently incompatible ideas. A personal view of scientific theory].
authors.affiliation: Avdelningen för medicinsk etik, Lunds universitet, Lund. tore.nilstun@medetik.lu.se
authors.forename: Tore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nilstun
authors.forename: Rurik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Löfmark
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D015984:Causality; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history*; D010684:Philosophy; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000266:history*; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design