Joseph Lister and the Story of Antiseptics

None of the doctors could figure it out. During the nineteenth century, surviving surgery was only half the battle. In many hospitals, 50 percent of amputees lived through their painful operations only to die soon afterward in their beds. Everyone had a theory for what doctors referred to as "hospitalism." But it was not until Joseph Lister and his pioneering work in antiseptic methods that death rates were greatly reduced after surgery. His work is so important that surgical history is divided into two eras: Before Lister and After Lister. Book jacket.Bankston, John is the author of 'Joseph Lister and the Story of Antiseptics ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781584152620 and ISBN 1584152621.