Semmelweis was concerned that more instances of childbed fever occurred in the
A) Vienna General Hospital than in other hospitals.
B) Vienna General Hospital than in home deliveries.
C) First Maternity Division than in the Second.
D) Second Maternity Division than in the First.

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Semmelweis observed that the incidence of childbed fever was significantly higher in the First Maternity Division of the Vienna General Hospital, where medical students were trained, compared to the Second Maternity Division, where only midwives were trained. This led him to investigate the causes of the higher infection rates in the First Division.

Semmelweis Was Concerned That More Instances of Childbed Fever Occurred