Lord Lister

Lord Lister

i hp; medical man who wishes to gain a clear idea of the broad foundations upon which modern medicine and surgery are based should read two great books which are almost twin classics; Rene Vallery Radot's Life of Pasteur" (English translation by Mrs. Devonshire), and Sir Rickman Godlee's "Lord Lister," the re-appearance of which in a third edition we cordially welcome. Both are finely written s...

Lord Lister and the Treatment of War Wounds

sir,?uenius is the grip upon first principles. Surprise, therefore, is not awakened, when the modern methods of treating war wounds throw a fresh light upon the genius of the greatest of surgeons and a man with every element of genius, Lord Lister. Lister won his first success with his antiseptic system in 1868 and in 1870 the Franco-German war broke out. Preceding this war there had been the C...

Lister: An Appreciation

While the civilised world is mourning one of the supreme benefactors of the human race, who has passed away in a ripe and honoured old age, it may interest the readers of the Journal, Specially its \*ounger subscribers, to peruse some personal reminiscences of the man and his work by one who knew him intimately, and who worked under him in the later seventies, when he was still almost alone in ...

Testimonial to Sir Joseph Lister

Lord Memorial Prize Essay

. Although it may well be unreliable and illogical, is a well-known habit to form firm, lasting, and definite first impressions. That they are often ^accurate and always superficial is to be admitted, but nevertheless they frequently form the basis of our later estimations and prejudice our views for good or evil, the more so when the situation is a new one to us, or one whose arrival we have b...