Identifying antiseptics and disinfectants has been challenging part of medicine for centuries. Joseph Lister, an English surgeon, contributed to a fundamental revolution in surgery with the introduction of his antiseptic method. At the time Lister was...

Joseph Lister contributed to a fundamental revolution in surgery with the introduction of his antiseptic method. At the time Lister was practicing medicine, the mortality rate for certain injuries and surgeries was extremely high due to infection. The...

The English surgeon Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis (1827-1912), discovered the antiseptic technique, which represents the beginning of modern surgery. Born in Upton, Essex, on April 5, 1827, Joseph Lister was the son of a wealthy wine...

1827-1912 British Surgeon Joseph Lister is recognized as the father of antiseptic surgery. His insistence that a surgeon must protect the wound against outside organisms is one of the fundamental guiding principles of modern surgery. Lister was born...

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM, FRS (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912) was an English surgeon who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He successfully introduced carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize...