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Joseph Lister and the Performance of Antiseptic Surgery (2013)

Worboys, Michael (Author)

Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Volume: 67, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 199-209

DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2013.0028

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of a special issue,“Learning from Lister”
Language: English

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Antisepsis Germ theory of disease Surgery Medicine 19th century Lister, Joseph, Baron

This article highlights a neglected feature of Joseph Lister's work, namely how, in addition to promoting germ theories and the principles of the antiseptic system, he also devoted much time and effort to communicating the performative aspects of antisepsis and of the many other surgical innovations that he developed. Attention to `detail' and striving for `improvement' were crucial to Listerian practice, and he sought to convey his credo in three main ways: first, his publications aimed at `bringing the subject out in the same sort of way as it had been worked out by himself'; second, he set out strict protocols and information on materials and methods, yet also encouraged surgeons to improvise; and third, he made himself an exemplar of a new form of professionalism, which made constancy and vigilance in practice a moral duty for surgeons.

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Article Howard, Edward R. (2013) Joseph Lister: His Contributions to Early Experimental Physiology. Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (pp. 191-198). unapi

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