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Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
Introductory Note
Joseph Lister was born at Upton, Essex, England, in 1827, and received his general
education at the University of London. After graduation he studied medicine in London and
Edinburgh, and became lecturer in surgery at the University in the latter city. Later he
was professor of surgery at Glasgow, at Edinburgh, and at King's College Hospital, London,
and surgeon to Queen Victoria. He was made a baronet in 1883; retired from teaching in
1893; and was raised to the peerage in 1897, with the title of Baron Lister. He died in
1912.
Even before the work of Pasteur on fermentation and putrefaction, Lister had been
convinced of the importance of scrupulous cleanliness and the usefulness of deodorants in
the operating room; and when, through Pasteur's researches, he realized that the formation
of pus was due to bacteria, he proceeded to develop his antiseptic surgical methods. The
immediate success of the new treatment led to its general adoption, with results of such
beneficence as to make it rank as one of the great discoveries of the age.
Joseph Listers apparat til at producere
de antiseptiske karbolsyre-dampe
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Antiseptisk operation (Edinburgh, 1871)
Karbolsyren der sprøjtes ud indehylder patienten i en antiseptisk
tåge, som dræber de infektionsfremkaldende patogener
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