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      Achromatic (non-colour-distorting) microscope

      • J.J. Lister, a wine merchant and an amateur physicist and microscopist, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society for his discovery that led to the modern achromatic (non-colour-distorting) microscope.
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  2. Apr 1, 2024 · Joseph Lister (born April 5, 1827, Upton, Essex, England—died February 10, 1912, Walmer, Kent) was a British surgeon and medical scientist who was the founder of antiseptic medicine and a pioneer in preventive medicine.

  3. 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.

  4. Oct 14, 2018 · Learn how the British surgeon Joseph Lister developed the method of using chemicals to prevent surgical infections, based on the germ theory of disease. Explore his antiseptic techniques, instruments and legacy in this interactive story.

  5. Feb 10, 2018 · Learn how the British surgeon Joseph Lister discovered the antiseptic method to prevent infections in surgical wounds, based on the work of Louis Pasteur. Discover how he revolutionized medicine and inspired the creation of Listerine mouthwash.

  6. 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.

    • 10.7759/cureus.32777
    • 2022/12
    • Cureus. 2022 Dec; 14(12): e32777.
  7. Lister did come to understand that inflammation caused loss of vitality, which rendered tissues helpless as if they were dead, 4 helpless against organisms he would eventually attribute as the cause of the devastating and feared surgical site infections.

  8. Oct 13, 2017 · 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 forever by getting other surgeons...

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