Lister

Era: Modern -

Lived: 1827 - 1912

Module: Medicine –

Important in Medicine because…

·         Joseph Lister was a pioneer in developing antiseptics, used even before Pasteur’s theory was public.

·         Antiseptic methods kill germs.

·         He introduced carbolic acid sprays in Operating Theatres in the 1860s, with good success rates, fewer patients were infected.

·         He extended this in 1865 when he heard about Pasteur’s Germ Theory. Tools and surgical instruments and bandages were disinfected.