Contents
Books
Gaynes, R P. (c2011). Germ theory: medical pioneers in infectious diseases. ASM Press: Washington, DC.
Contents:Introduction — Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine — Avicenna, a thousand years ahead of his time — Girolamo Fracastoro and Contagion in renaissance medicine — Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the birth of microscopy — The demise of the humoral theory of medicine — Edward Jenner and the discovery of vaccination — Ignaz Semmelweis and the control of puerperal sepsis — Louis Pasteur and the germ theory of disease — Robert Koch and the rise of bacteriology — Joseph Lister, the man who made surgery safe
Journal Articles
Cavendish, R. (2015). Lister pioneers antiseptic surgery in Glasgow. History Today, (8), 9.
Glass, G. (2014). Beyond antisepsis: Examining the relevance of the works of Joseph Baron Lister to the contemporary surgeon-scientist. Indian Journal Of Plastic Surgery, (3)
As the father of antispesis, the legacy of Joseph Baron Lister is assured and his influence on the development of contemporary surgical practice is recognised in the context of his […]
Pitt, D., & Aubin, J. (2012). Joseph Lister: father of modern surgery. Canadian Journal Of Surgery, (5), 8.
On the centenary of Joseph Lister’s death, it is appropriate to remember and honour his remarkable accomplishments that earned him the title “father of modern surgery.” Conferences to commemorate “the […]
Connor, J., & Connor, J. (2008). Being lister: ethos and Victorian medical discourse. Medical Humanities, (1). 3.
Stylistic analysis and rhetorical theory are used in this study to inform our understanding of impediments to the successful uptake of a new medical idea. Through examination of the work of the Victorian surgeon Joseph Lister, who was described by one biographer as suffering from ‘stylistic ham-handedness’, the study provides insights into the difficulty that Lister had in explaining his theory of antiseptic surgery.