Title

Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, 1926. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, 1926. Lister made important discoveries on the microscopical investigations of inflammation and the coagulation of blood, but his pivotal role in medicine was introducing his antiseptic system in 1867. He used carbolic acid, a well known disinfectant, to soak his surgical gauzes and instruments. As a result, surgeons gained the ability to carry out complex surgery without patients developing fatal infections. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London, 1926).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1926

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C36_304

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,9Mb) / 11,9in x 16,4in / 3564 x 4905 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait England people medicine surgeon country science English cleanliness location century photograph print twenties B&W one person pioneer MONOCHROME Antiseptic 19th century black & white black and white B W 1920s 20th century nineteenth century The Print Collector Joseph Lister carbolic acid photograph Unknown Parsons Joseph Lister RG Parsons RG AS Peake Peake AS RG Parsons AS Peake photograph