Joseph Lister Flashcards
What did Joseph Lister introduce?
new principles of cleanliness and sterile surgery.
When did lister introduce sterile surgery?
late 1800s
Who’s work did Lister read?
Louis Pasteurs work on organisms.
Which one of Pasteurs techniques did Lister use?
Exposing the wound to a chemical.
What was Lister’s experiment and what was the result on the wound?
He soaked a dressing in carbolic acid (phenol) to cover a wound and this caused the rate of infection to vastly reduce.
After discovaring carbolic acid reduces infection what else did Lister begin to do in the operating theatre?
Hand-washing, sterilising instruments and spraying carbolic in the theatre.
What did Listers work result in?
His work lowered infection rates in many different countries and his methods were used by a number of surgeons.
