Joseph Lister

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Requirement 1h

1. Discuss with your counselor the influence that EIGHT of the following people had on the history of medicine:

Joseph Lister (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912), was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. Lister introduced the idea of sterilizing surgical instruments prior to surgery along with cleaning wounds with antiseptic which greatly decreased post operative infections along with making surgery safer for patients.