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Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912 (48)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq647k (person)

Burton Chance, a prominent Philadelphia ophthalmologist, wrote "Ophthamology" (1939) and "Early printing of medical books..." (1948). Quaker physician and surgeon, developed antiseptic prevention of wound infections. Joseph Lister was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. English surgeon who introduced sterile conditions for surgery. Joseph Lister, Baron Lister, English surgeon and founder...

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Lister, Joseph, active 1892-1906, Baron Lister (8)

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Epithet: Baron Lister

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Lister Joseph 1827 1st Baron Lister surgeon (1)

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Lister, Joseph (1827-1912: Baron Lister, surgeon) (1)

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When the Regius Professorship of Surgery at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, fell vacant in 1859, Joseph Lister was selected from 7 candidates. In August 1861, he was appointed surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and put in charge of its new surgical building. Due to the high level of death from sepsis (known as hospital disease ) in his amputation patients, Lister began to experiment using carbolic acid during surgical procedures. This lessened the death rate from amputation dramatica...

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