Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his wife, was his co-worker in some of his research. And the BBC reported on an interesting operation by Lister that Ruth discovered.
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Joseph Lister
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Capt. Laurence L. Franks
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1903-1950. A/Commander in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
James Robinson
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1 memorial
Kenneth Smedley MacLean, FRCP
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1 memorial
George Carpenter
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War served, WW2
1 memorial
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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