“As time is an element in the causation of all organic changes, so it is an element in their cure.”

— Joseph Lister

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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....

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