Joseph Lister Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 2 pages of information about the life of Joseph Lister.

Joseph Lister Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 2 pages of information about the life of Joseph Lister.
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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 practicing medicine, the mortality rate for certain injuries and surgeries was extremely high due to infection. The mortality rate dropped drastically with the use of an antiseptic method, and when used in conjunction with the anesthetics that were available at the time, surgeons dared to perform more complicated surgical procedures.

Lister was born to a well known Quaker family at Upton, England. Lister studied medicine at University College, and received his medical degree in 1852. As a student, Lister had the opportunity to be a spectator at the first surgery performed with general anesthesia, performed by Robert Liston (1794-1847). He also studied histology under William Sharpey during which time, Lister wrote an important...

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