Lister Helped by using began to clean wounds and dress them using a solution of carbolic acid and antiseptic techniques to help patients survive from many undergoing major surgery.
Lister gained fame from his emphasis on sterile technique. This greatly reduced infections in hospitals, and those associated with surgeries and various other procedures.
Joseph Lister introduced the first aseptic technique to surgery ( critical! Students and physicians scrubbed their hands with chlorinated lime instead of soap and water) because of the rates of...