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Lived 1827 – 1912. Acknowledged as the “Father of Antiseptic Surgery”, Joseph Lister’s contributions paved the way to safer medical procedures. His introduction of the antiseptic process dramatically decreased deaths from childbirth and surgery and changed the way the medical industry looked at sanitation and proper hygiene. Advertisements.
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.
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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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On the centenary of Joseph Lister’s death, it is appropriate to remember and honour his remarkable accomplishments that earned him the title “father of modern surgery.”
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...
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 to...
