Dare to be Creative

answer. The following passage (paragraph 3) contributes to the development of the text mainly by . It is hard for us to understand the zeal of the medical establishment when Dr. Semmelweis sensibly suggested that it might be a good idea if surgeons washed their hands after dissecting a cadaver, before going to deliver a woman in labor. This, to us, obvious suggestions of cleanliness was so threatening to the medical establishment of the day that they zealously set about persecuting Semmelweis. But, thanks to him, many of us are alive because doctors now wash their hands. If the zealots had won, women would still be dying of septicemia after childbirth. Answer choices for the above question A. explaining why doctors are usually zealous people B. supporting the idea that zealous people often want to harm others C. proving that zealous people are not always right D. suggesting that people used to be more zealous than they are today.