Joseph Lister, English surgeon and academic (died 1912)

Joseph Lister

British scientist, surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Joseph Lister revolutionised the craft of surgery in the same manner that John Hunter revolutionised the science of…