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...

Joseph Lister, born in Upton, Essex, the son of a London wine merchant, developed antiseptic surgery, saving innumerable patients from the dreadful pain and death of post-surgical infection. Lister's father invented the achromatic lens which created...

Joseph Lister, born in Upton, Essex, the son of a London wine merchant, developed antiseptic surgery, saving innumerable patients from the dreadful pain and death of post-surgical infection. Lister's father invented the achromatic lens which created...