1867: British surgeon Joseph Lister performs the first surgery under antiseptic conditions. Death rates would plummet, but you should still be thankful you were born in the 20th century and not ...

Joseph Lister's father helped usher in the modern microscope—and his son's future career. ... He reported the results at a meeting of the British Medical Association in 1867: "my wards ...

Not very long ago, you could die from a broken arm--and many did. That all changed with an idea we think of as pretty basic today: surgery needs to be sterile. On this day in 1867, Joseph Lister ...

Saving countless lives, the Lister way… On March 16, 1867, Joseph Lister published a paper with results announcing his antiseptic system in The Lancet.What followed was a series of articles, On ...

Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur receiving honors from the Sorbonne in Paris. ... 1867. It was a classic piece of scientific investigation that, literally, changed the world. ...

How Victorian Doctor Joseph Lister And Antiseptics Changed Surgery Forever : Shots - Health News Before surgeons accepted germ theory, operations often killed patients.All Things Considered host ...

Joseph was a child of Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869) wine merchant and microscopist, and his wife Isabella (Harris) and was born at Upton in Essex on 5th April 1827. His brother Arthur (1830-1908) ...

During the spring of 1867, Joseph Lister published a series of articles in The Lancet outlining medical sterilization protocols that became the foundation of contemporary antiseptic surgical practice.

Joseph Lister, who was born last week (April 5) in 1827, was an amazing physician but a poor salesman. In 1867, this unknown British doctor, having read an article on microorganisms by the French ...