Following Louis Pasteur’s discovery of germ theory, Joseph Lister found a way to kill germs in an operating theatre. This reduced the risk of infection. Joseph Lister was a Scottish surgeon.

Pain Patients were awake during operations. This meant they were often screaming and moving around during surgery, making it difficult for the surgeon to carry out an operation. Infection In ...

GEORGE D. DOWKONTT, M.D., Medical Missionary. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article.