2007-05-22 08:45:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
he introduced the concept of micro-organisms like bacteria causing infections. sterilize techniques in surgery were a direct result of his ideas, which produced lower complication rates.
2007-05-23 06:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by belfus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Joseph Lister Contributions
2017-01-05 08:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Joseph Lister came to Edinburgh in 1853 after graduating in medicine in London. In 1866 Lister introduced carbolic acid as an antiseptic, to kill airborne bacteria and to prevent their transmission into wounds from the air of the operating theatre. He was appointed Professor of Surgery in 1869 and continued to develop improved methods of antisepsis that revolutionised surgical practice.
2007-05-22 08:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by grinslinger 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically, Lister made surgery safer through the use of carbolic acid to kill germs on medical instruments, skin and hands. Surgical infections dropped greatly. Carbolic acid is an antiseptic.
Although not a physician or surgeon, Pasteur in France popularized asepsis, the thorough cleansing of hands and instruments used in surgery and deliveries. Semmelweiss did the same in Budapest and Vienna but received little credit during his lifetime.
2007-05-22 09:15:36 · answer #4 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He successfully introduced carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and to clean wounds; as a result of his work in sterilisation, Listerine mouthwash was named after him.
2007-05-22 08:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by wookie wookie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Search his name at - Wikipedia. You'll get pages of info, and links to further research.
2016-03-19 00:49:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋