num_pages: 469
description: Historical fiction. Based on the life of Ignaz Semmelweis (b. 1818 - d. 1865) an Austrian-Hungarian physician known for his research into puerperal fever and his advances in medical hygiene. In the novel he struggles to prove to his fellow doctors that if they would only wash their hands they would save the lives of many mothers.
language: English
title: The Cry and the Covenant
publisher: Buccaneer Books