1827-1912 · Surgeon
Joseph Lister
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
British surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery. In 1867 he published 'On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery' in the British Medical Journal after learning of Pasteur's work in Glasgow; his wards were at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Milestones
Sources
Jessney B. Joseph Lister (1827-1912): a pioneer of antiseptic surgery remembered a century after his death. J Med Biogr. 2012;20(3):107-10.
Tröhler U. Statistics and the British controversy about the effects of Joseph Lister's system of antisepsis for surgery, 1867-1890. J R Soc Med. 2015;108(7):280-7.