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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.
Jul 3, 2018 · Updated on July 03, 2018. English surgeon Joseph Lister (April 5, 1827–February 10, 1912), Baron Lister of Lyme Regis, is considered the father of modern surgery for his work developing sterilization procedures that saved countless lives.
Feb 10, 2018 · 10 February 2018. Joseph Lister, the Man who Sterilized Surgery. Health | Medicine | Protagonists. Ventana al Conocimiento (Knowledge Window) Scientific journalism. Time 3 to read. When surgeon Joseph Lister died at the age of 84 on February 10, 1912, he left behind a drastic reduction in the mortality of surgical patients due to infections.
Joseph Lister, later Baron Lister (of Lyme Regis), (born April 5, 1827, Upton, Essex, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1912, Walmer, Kent), British surgeon and medical scientist. He received a medical degree from Oxford in 1852 and became an assistant to James Syme, the greatest surgical teacher of the day.
Jul 27, 2022 · Born in April 1827, Lister was a British surgeon and medical scientist who revolutionised modern surgery. Through sterilising surgical instruments, Lister solved the problem of surgical infection in the 19th century, and his principle of preventing bacterial infection in surgical wounds has prevented the deaths of surgical patients ever-since.
Joseph Lister. 1827 - 1912. The father of modern surgery. Wellcome Collection. Joseph Lister was a British surgeon whose work in preventing infections revolutionised surgery. When Lister...
Biography. Joseph Lister (1827-1912) was Professor of Clinical Surgery at King’s College London from 1877 to 1893. He is considered ‘the father of modern surgery’ having saved countless lives through the introduction of his antiseptic system. Joseph was born into a Quaker family in Essex, England.
