A row of wooden tables, each holding a ceramic bowl filled with water. Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis stands before us, dressed formally in a suit with a white shirt and bowtie, and an overcoat. His demeanor is both natural and distinctive.

Semmelweis

Ladies, gentlemen, honorable guests, welcome to my final and most important scientific lecture. In this assembly, you will encounter a marvelous and profound truth, a most truthful truth, fluid, persistent, rebellious, fleeing and inevitable; inevitable, for we two are unable to escape one another, me and the truth; we could not and cannot escape each other, me and the truth, nonstop for eighteen years …. (checks his pocket watch) At this time, yes, this instant, ladies and gentlemen, honorable guests, every moment will be documented and honorably submitted to history. For the moments in which one encounters the truth are honorable. The names of each and every one of you will be written in history, each and every one of you, ladies, gentlemen. For you will witness the unveiling of the truth and it goes without saying that honest witnesses of the truth are as enduring as the discoverers of the truth. For this very reason, allow me to congratulate you in advance, you and your presence at the altar of the truth, a warm and profound congratulation from the depth of my soul!

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