Joseph Lister Biography - History of Joseph Lister in Timeline

Joseph Lister, Baron Lister of Lyme Regis OM, PC, PRS, FRCSE, FFPS (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912), was a British surgeon, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery.[2] From a technical viewpoint, Lord Lister was not an exceptional surgeon,[2] but his research into bacteriology and infection in wounds raised his operative technique to a new plane where his observations, deductions and practices revolutionised surgery throughout the world