Semmelweiss by Louis-Ferdinand Celine (English) Paperback Book

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A semi-fictional biography of a great figure of medical development, to be adapted for stage in 2021.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Celine is best known for his early novels Journey to the End of the Night (1932) and Death on the Instalment Plan (1936), but this delirious, fanatical and unreasonable account of the life of Semmelweiss predates them both. Ignacz Semmelweiss (1818-1865) was a doctor, now regarded as the father of the cure to antisepsis. His fellow doctors rejected both his reasoning and his methods, thereby causing many thousands of deaths in maternity wards across Europe. While originally written as a thesis towards his medical doctorate in 1924, it was not published until 1936.

Author Biography

Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) was a French writer and doctor whose novels are antiheroic visions of human suffering. Accused of collaboration with the Nazis, Celine fled France in 1944 first to Germany and then to Denmark. Condemned by default (1950) in France to one year of imprisonment and declared a national disgrace, Celine returned to France after his pardon in 1951, where he continued to write until his death. His classic books include Journey to the End of the Night, Death on the Installment Plan, London Bridge, North, Rigadoon, Conversations with Professor Y, Castle to Castle, and

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Description for Sales People

Semmelweiss was a groundbreaking 19th-century Hungarian doctor who discovered that invisible germs can convey deadly dis His story is tragic - he was derided and prosecuted by the medical field for his assertions. Celine is one of French literature's greats, credited with modernising writing in that language. To be adapted to a radical stage play by acclaimed actor Mark Rylance in 2021.

Details ISBN1900565471 Pages 80 Publisher Atlas Press Year 2008 ISBN-10 1900565471 ISBN-13 9781900565479 Format Paperback Short Title SEMMELWEIS NEW/E Language English Media Book Residence US Birth 1894 Death 1961 Publication Date 2008-09-08 Translator John Harman UK Release Date 2008-09-08 Imprint Atlas Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2008-09-08 NZ Release Date 2008-09-08 Author John Harman DEWEY 843.912 Audience General We've got this

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