Question

use the passages to answer the question. select passage 1 and passage 2.
select the correct answers from the lists.
(1 point)
each text has structure but focuses on problem that ignaz semmelweis was trying to
solve
the same
cover up
cause
a different

\ignaz semmelweis saved lives: wash your hands\
by dr. howard markel
on this date in 1850, a prickly hungarian obstetrician named ignaz semmelweis stepped up to the podium of the vienna medical society’s lecture hall. it was a grand and ornately decorated room where some of medicine’s greatest discoveries were first announced. the evening of may 15 would hardly be different — even if those present (and many more who merely read about it) did not acknowledge semmelweis’s marvelous discovery for several decades.
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Explanation:

Based on the context of Ignaz Semmelweis's work (handwashing to reduce maternal mortality, a medical hygiene intervention), the first blank describes that the two passages share a structure but focus on distinct content, and the second blank refers to the problem Semmelweis addressed: reducing disease transmission via handwashing, which was the issue he sought to solve.

Answer:

1. Each text has the same structure but focuses on a different problem that Ignaz Semmelweis was trying to solve