Lister Promotes Antiseptic Surgery
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: Scotland
- Date: 1865
Article abstract: Lister promotes antiseptic surgery, challenging other physicians to adopt antiseptic procedures that are proved to save lives after surgery.
Summary of Event
Joseph L. Lister was the son of Joseph Jackson Lister, an optician, but the younger Lister was interested in the study of medicine and obtained his medical degree in 1852. He then became assistant to James Syme, professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh. Lister held a responsible position as a lecturer and assistant surgeon in the university hospital, but he...
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