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Apr 1, 2024 · Joseph Lister, British surgeon and medical scientist, the founder of antiseptic medicine and a pioneer in preventive medicine. While his method, based on the use of antiseptics, is no longer employed, his principle—that bacteria must never gain entry into an operation wound—remains the basis of surgery to this day.
Oct 14, 2018 · Antisepsis is the method of using chemicals, called antiseptics, to destroy the germs that cause infections. It was developed by the British surgeon Joseph Lister. Joseph Lister, 1827–1912. Joseph Lister found a way to prevent infection in wounds during and after surgery.
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM, PC, FRS, FRCSE, FRCPGlas, FRCS (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912) was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare.
Dec 21, 2022 · Joseph Lister was a prominent British surgeon and medical scientist who established the study of antisepsis. Applying Louis Pasteur’s germ theory of fermentation on wound putrefaction, he promoted the idea of sterilization in surgery using carbolic acid (phenol) as an antiseptic.
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- Cureus. 2022 Dec; 14(12): e32777.
Mar 16, 2017 · Joseph Lister’s Antiseptic Revolution. Joseph Lister’s landmark articles on antiseptic surgery in the Lancet were published 150 years ago. The revolution was not immediate. Lister spraying phenol over the wound while the doctors perfor an operation.
Oct 13, 2017 · By Lindsey Fitzharris. Purchase. A new biography of surgeon Joseph Lister called The Butchering Art is not about food. It tells the story of how the forward-thinking Lister changed medicine...
1 day ago · Joseph Lister lived to see his once-radical ideas become standard practice in hospitals worldwide. He was widely honored for his contributions, receiving a knighthood, a baronetcy, and the prestigious Order of Merit. Lister served as President of the Royal Society from 1895 to 1900 and continued to publish and lecture well into his 70s.
