Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1930

JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912) The collected papers of Joseph, Baron Lister. Clarendon Press 1909 Vol. I: xliv, 429 pp., front. (port.), illus., 14 plates (part col.); Vol. II: vii, 589 pp., front. (port.). 28.6 cm.

One of the greatest of British surgeons, Lister was educated at the Universities of London and Edinburgh, and was professor of surgery at those universities as well as at the University of Glasgow. His early research on inflammation and suppuration after injuries and surgery, coupled with his interest in Pasteur's demonstration that pus formation is caused by the action of live bacteria, led him to search for a chemical means of preventing infection. He found this in carbolic acid. His system was widely and immediately adopted, thus beginning a new era in surgery leading to the universally accepted asepsis in all modern surgery. Lister was elevated to the peerage in 1897, the first medical man to be so honored. This collection of his scientific papers contains all the papers and addresses which Lister considered to be of permanent interest and importance and was published as a memorial of the celebration of his eightieth birthday.

Cited references: Cushing L289; Garrison-Morton 85; Osler 1675; Waller 5937

Gift of John Martin, M.D.