“It is our proud office to tend the fleshly tabernacle of the immortal spirit, and our path, if rightly followed, will be guided by unfettered truth and love unfeigned.”

About Joseph Lister

Surgeon • British

Joseph Lister was a British surgeon and a pioneering advocate for antiseptic surgery. Inspired by Louis Pasteur's work on germs, he introduced the use of carbolic acid to sterilize surgical instruments and clean wounds....