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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Other Subjects
Dr William Henry Walter
Medical doctor and member of Brentford Council in 1909.
1 memorial
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead
Physician and civil rights campaigner. Councillor; Chairman of Greater London Council
1 memorial
Finsen light cure
The Faroese/Icelandic physician, Niels Ryberg Finsen, (1860 - 1904) won a Nobel Prize for inventing this while working in Denmark. After a time it was found to be dangerous rather than healing.
1 memorial
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