Joseph Lister
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Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister was an English surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Lister revolutionised the craft of surg
Lister in 1902
Isabella Harris c. 1839
Joseph Jackson Lister
The Lord Lister Hotel in Hitchin, formerly Isaac Brown and Benjamin Abbott's Academy, where Lister was a student from 1838 to 1841
John Hunter (surgeon)
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John Hunter was a Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific methods in medicine. He was a teach
Joseph Lister
…surgery and preventive healthcare. Lister revolutionised the craft of surgery by the use of close anatomical observation, in the same manner that John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery. From a technical viewpoint, Lister was not an exceptional surgeon, but his research into bacteriology and infection…
Portrait by John Jackson, 1813
A statue of John Hunter, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
A plaster cast medallion of John Hunter, Science Museum, London
A bust of Hunter near where he lived in Leicester Square, London