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Yes, Patrick Cox deserves credit. He too has been unjustifiably scorned at times because of the Semmelweis effect as explained in posts by Dado and others. New scientific findings that contradict and disrupt current beliefs or practices are I suppose naturally opposed by the status quo that are firmly entrenched in what the conventional thinking is of their time. The status quo economically and socially benefit from this. This is sometimes referred to as the Semmelweis effect that Dado pointed out in a post yesterday. Semmelweis was a doctor that discovered in the 1800s that if a doctor performing birth deliveries washed hands with an antiseptic solution before doing doing so it would prevent serious infections that were resulting in deaths. Doctors at his time resented his discovery. His discovery was not recognized until after his death. He died in an asylum from being cruelly beaten by guards. Ironically, it is suspected he was committed to an asylum because he suffered from what is now recognized as Alzheimer's.