Joseph Lister, 1827-1912.

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Lister was the first surgeon in Britain to use a rubber drainage-tube, and the patient on this occasion was Queen Victoria.

“it was Lister who was the first surgeon in Britain to use a rubber drainage-tube, and the patient on this occasion was none other than Queen Victoria.”

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In Britain, the new system was chiefly welcomed by junior surgeons; seniors tried it half-heartedly, if at all.

“In Britain it was chiefly the junior surgeons who welcomed the new system ; the seniors tried it half-heartedly, if at all.”

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By 1890 nearly the whole surgical world had accepted Lister's great innovation.

“By 1890 nearly the whole surgical world had accepted Lister's great innovation”

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At a meeting of the South London Division of the British Medical Association held at St. Thomas's Hospital in 1879, many surgeons expressed agreement with Lister's views.

“at a meeting of the South London Division of the British Medical Association held at St. Thomas's Hospital in 1879 (at which Lister was present and spoke) many surgeons expressed agreement with his views.”

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Lister always acknowledged his great debt to Pasteur, and Pasteur greatly admired Lister's surgical application of his work.

“Lister always acknowledged his great debt to Pasteur, and, on his part, Pasteur greatly admired Lister's surgical application of his work”

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Between 1865 and 1867, a series of eleven cases of compound fracture were treated with Lister's carbolic acid antiseptic method, of which nine healed without suppuration.

“By this means between 1865 and 1867 a series of eleven cases of com- pound fracture were treated, of which nine healed without suppuration.”

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Lister introduced sterilized hardened catgut as suture or ligature material.

“To him we owe the introduction of sterilized hardened catgut as suture or ligature material.”

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From 1871 to 1887 Lister made use of a spray of 1 in 100 carbolic lotion intended to purify the air over the area of operation, but it was found to be unnecessary.

“From 1871 to 1887 Lister also made use of a spray of 1 in 100 carbolic lotion that was intended to purify the air over the area of operation, but it was found to be unnecessary.”

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Of the two failures in the compound fracture series, one needed amputation and the other patient died from secondary haemorrhage.

“Of the two failures one needed amputation and the other patient died from secondary haemorrhage.”

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Many surgeons had adopted the aseptic technique, which, as Lister pointed out, was but a modification of the antiseptic method and sometimes needed antiseptic support.

“Many surgeons had adopted the aseptic technique, which, as Lister pointed out, was but a modification of the antiseptic method and sometimes needed antiseptic support.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The microbes that caused sepsis had been identified and cultured by 1890.

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In most countries those who tried the antiseptic method valued it.

“In most countries those who tried it valued it.”

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Lister was probably the first ever to treat varicose veins by the injection of carbolic acid.

“He was probably the first ever to treat varicose veins by the injec- tion of carbolic acid”

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London was still neutral, if not antagonistic, but in 1877 Lister accepted the invitation to become Professor of Clinical Surgery at King's College Hospital.

“However, London was still neutral, if not antagonistic, but in 1877 Lister accepted the invitation to become Professor of Clinical Surgery at King's College Hospital.”

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In 1875 Lister gave a most impressive demonstration of some of his cases before the members of the British Medical Association in Edinburgh.

“In 1875 he gave a most impressive demonstration of some of his cases before the members of the British Medical Association in Edinburgh.”

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In 1883, at the meeting of the Medical Society of London, Lister showed six patients on each of whom he had successfully operated for fracture of the patella.

“when in 1883, at the meeting of the Medical Society of London, Lister showed six patients on each of whom he had successfully operated for fracture of the patella”

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In 1869 Lister left Glasgow to succeed Syme as Professor of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh, and there for eight years he lectured to large classes of students, demonstrated his principles to many visitors from all parts of the world, and practised many operations that had previously been unsafe to attempt.

“In 1869 Lister left Glasgow to succeed Syme as Professor of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh, and there for eight years he lectured to large classes of students, demonstrated his principles to the many visitors from all parts of the world, and practised many operations that had previously been unsafe to attempt.”

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In Germany, many distinguished surgeons-Thiersch, von Volkmann, von Nussbaum, von Bergmann-were loud in their praise of the new technique, and hospitals that had been hotbeds of sepsis were converted.

“In Germany, however, many dis- tinguished surgeons-Thiersch, von Volkmann, von Nussbaum, von Bergmann-were loud in their praise of the new technique, and hospitals that had been hotbeds of sepsis were converted”

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Lister devised several useful surgical instruments and invented an aortic tourniquet.

“He also devised several useful surgical instruments and invented an aortic tourniquet.”

May combine two claims.

On 20 April 1867, Lister operated for removal of a tumour from a man's arm, using carbolic acid as a lotion for the raw wound and applying an antiseptic carbolic paste to the sutured wound; the result was excellent.

“On 20 April 1867 he operated for the removal of a tumour from a man's arm, usingfoot_1 infoot_2 carbolic acid as a lotion for the raw wound, and applying an antiseptic carbolic paste to the sutured wound.The result was excellent.”

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Lockjaw, erysipelas, blood-poisoning of various kinds, and hospital gangrene were never absent from the hospital wards at any one time, and repeatedly gangrene and pyaemia-a most fatal form of blood-poisoning-became alarmingly epidemic.

“Lockjaw, erysipelas, blood-poisoning of various kinds, and hospital gangrene were never absent from the hospital wards at any one time, and repeatedly gangrene and pyaemia-a most fatal form of blood-poisoning-became alarmingly epidemic.”

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Joseph Lister's education and upbringing prepared him for a life of scientific research.

“Joseph Lister's education and upbringing prepared him for a life of scientific research.”

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As early as 1855 Lister had shown Batty Tuke a wound that was healing without suppuration, and had said that the main object of his life was to find out how to procure this result in all wounds.

“Lister had worried about hospital sepsis at Edinburgh, and Godlee relates that as early as 1855 Lister had shown Batty Tuke a wound that was healing without suppuration”

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Lister founded the antiseptic treatment of wounds in surgery on the basis of the germ theory.

“The philosophical investigations of Pasteur long since made me a convert to the Germ Theory, and it was on the basis of that theory that I founded the antiseptic treatment of wounds in surgery.”

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The new doctrine met with a mixed reception.

“The new doctrine met with a mixed reception.”

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Lister was now world-renowned, and a visit he paid to some of the German universities developed into a triumphal progress.

“He was now world-renowned, and a visit he paid to some of the German universities developed into a triumphal progress.”

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Pasteur had shown that the common souring of milk and the fermentation of grape-juice were caused by the growth and action of minute living particles (microbes) that could be carried in the air.

“moreover, he had shown that the common souring of milk and the fermentation of grape-juice were caused by the growth and action of minute living particles (microbes) that could be carried in the air.”

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