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This dogma was challenged by two Australian physicians........ When not ignored, their discoveries were derided. Only after many years ........did the medical world accept their truths.

This is something that has been true in scientific and medical fields for a long time. The doctor (Ignaz Semmelweis) that realized that washing hands and sterilizing equipment would save many lives was ridiculed, fired and eventually driven insane. Over 20 years later another doctor (Joseph Lister) was actually able to advance this novel concept so that it became commonplace.

Here are their stories:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/idea-sterilizing-surgical-instruments-only-150-years-old-180962498/