Worboys, Michael (Author)
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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Thomas Schlich;
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(2013)
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(2009)
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Rhodes, Bryan;
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Schlich, Thomas;
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Farmer to Industrialist: Lister's Antisepsis and the Making of Modern Surgery in Germany
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Schlich, Thomas;
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(2010)
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(2011)
The Anaesthetist, 1890--1960: A Historical Comparative Study between Britain and Germany
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Jessney, Benn;
(2012)
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Gautam Chandra;
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Richardson, Ruth;
(2013)
Inflammation, Suppuration, Putrefaction, Fermentation: Joseph Lister's Microbiology
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Claire L Jones;
Marguerite Dupree;
Iain Hutchison;
Susan Gardiner;
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(2018)
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Lord Lister’s Antiseptic Steam Spray
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(2020)
The Medical Trade Catalogue in Britain, 1870-1914
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