1827–1912 British surgeon whose introduction of antiseptic methods in surgery helped create modern operative technique.
Keywords: bacteriology; antiseptic surgery; pasteur; Koch
Lister, Joseph
WF Bynum, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, UK
Published online: May 2003
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003654
| Further Reading | |
| book Lister J (1909) The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister (2 vols) Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Godlee RJ (1924) Lord Lister. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| book Lawrence CJ (ed.) (1992) Medical Theory, Surgical Practice. London: Routledge. | |
| book Worboys M (2000) Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865–1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
