Joseph Lister

Noun

Meaning

English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lister Baron Lister

Examples

A young Joseph Lister attended Benjamin Abbott's Isaac Brown Academy, a Quaker school in Hitchin (since converted into the "Lord Lister" public house). Source: Internet

Gerhardt coins the name "phénol" on page 221. The antiseptic properties of phenol were used by Sir Joseph Lister (1827–1912) in his pioneering technique of antiseptic surgery. Source: Internet

Inspired by Louis Pasteur 's ideas on microbial infection, the English doctor Joseph Lister demonstrated in 1865 that use of carbolic acid on surgical dressings would significantly reduce rates of post-surgical infection. Source: Internet

St Aubyn, pp. 385–386; Strachey, pp. 248–250 In August and September 1871, she was seriously ill with an abscess in her arm, which Joseph Lister successfully lanced and treated with his new antiseptic carbolic acid spray. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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