English medical surgeon. The investigations of Joseph Lister are influenced by the bacteriological discoveries of Louis Pasteur. After several experiments he discovers the antiseptic method, thanks to which the surgical and postoperative mortality rate decreases considerably. It publishes the new method of fractures, abscesses, etc. (1867) that constitutes a valuable instrument in surgical medicine. The generalized acceptance of the proposals and discoveries of Lister is protocolized in the International Congress of Medical Sciences held in Amsterdam in 1879.
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