Joseph Lister(1827-1912)
British surgeon. He conceived the idea of making wounds antiseptic. The process of making the operating area, instruments etc. sterile before operation was also introduced by him. He is regarded as the founder of antiseptic surgery. As profe3ssor of surgery at Glasgow university, he was aware that many people survived the trauma of operations but died afterwards of 'ward fever'. Lister believed that it was microbes carried in the air that caused diseases to be spread inwards. People who had been operated on were specially vulnerable as their skin was open and germs could easily enter. The wound itself had to be cleaned. His methods increased survival rates of operated patients.
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