Timeline
Lifetime:
1827 -
1912
Passed: ≈
112 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Joseph Lister
Books by Joseph Lister
On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery
History
Non-Fiction
Reference work
Biography
Science
Education
Health & Wellness
Healing
surgery
Antisepsis
Infection
Wounds
Sterilization
Carbolic acid
Medical history
Lister
Microorganisms
Germs
Asepsis
Surgical techniques
Public health
Medical innovation
Joseph Lister was born near London in 1827. He studied medicine at the University of London and pursued a career as a surgeon in Scotland. He became professor of Surgery in Glasgow and later (1877) at Kings College Hospital, in London. Lister’s co...