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Joseph Lister 1st Baron Lister Joseph Lister 1st Baron Lister
Joseph Lister Lister, 1st Baron 1827-1912, English surgeon, educated at University College, London. He brought to surgery the principle of antisepsis, an outgrowth of Pasteur's theory that bacteria cause infection. In 1865, Lister proved the effectiveness of his methods, thus founding modern... Read more
antiseptic antiseptic
antiseptic agent that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms on the external surfaces of the body. Antiseptics should generally be distinguished from drugs such as antibiotics that destroy microorganisms internally, and from disinfectants, which destroy microorganisms found on nonliving... Read more
obstetrics obstetrics
obstetrics , branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth (see birth ), and the time after childbirth. Obstetricians work to ensure that pregnancy culminates in the delivery of a healthy baby, without impairing the health of the mother. The mother's... Read more
Sir Macfarlane Burnet Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Macfarlane Burnet 1899-1985, Australian virologist and physician. He was resident pathologist (1923-24) at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and a Beit fellow (1926-27) at the Lister Institute, London. He became assistant director (1928) and director (1944) of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute at... Read more
Samuel Palmer Samuel Palmer
Samuel Palmer 1805-81, English landscape watercolorist, etcher, and mystic. Under the influence of William Blake he produced in sepia a series of remarkable visionary drawings of moonlit landscapes. Palmer is also known for his Italian and English landscapes in watercolor, his illustrations of... Read more
Hospital Survey and Construction Act Hospital Survey and Construction Act
Hill-Burton Act (1946) Roger K. Newman Depression and war had taken their toll on hospitals by the end of World War II. Many hospitals had become obsolete, and over 40 percent of the nation's counties had no hospital facilities at all. In early 1945 Senators Lister Hill of Alabama and... Read more
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Joseph Le Conte Joseph Le Conte
LECONTE, JOSEPH(b. Liberty County, Georgia, 26 February 1823; d. Yosemite Valley, California, 6 July 1901),natural history, physiology, geology. For the original article on LeConte see DSB, vol. 8.LeConte’s major contributions to science include works on the physiology of vision, geology, and the... Read more
Antiseptics Antiseptics
Antiseptics Definition An antiseptic is a substance that inhibits the growth and development of microorganisms. For practical purposes, antiseptics are routinely thought of as topical agents, for application to skin, mucous membranes, and inanimate objects, although a formal definition includes... Read more
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