Oh, bother: The internet makes us shout at people at the wrong time.
Of course I want you to read my link. It's a genuine question. Two facts are not in dispute.
1) The scientific community rejected Semmelweiss' theory wrongfully.
2) Semmelweiss was admitted to a mental institution and died there probably after a severe beating.
I am asking about the causal link between the two (causal links being the center of any story), because I don't see it from the wikipedia page.