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Joseph Lister (18271912)
Lister, Baron Joseph. An eminent English surgeon; born April 5, 1827; died in 1912. He first suggested the antiseptic mode of treating surgical cases. Among his writings are: ‘Early Stages of Inflammation’ (1859); ‘Ligature of Arteries and the Antiseptic System’ (1869); ‘The Germ Theory of Fermentative Changes’ (1875); ‘Lactic Fermentation and its Bearings on Pathology’ (1878).