British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)

Sir Joseph Lister, Baron Lister. Photograph.

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister. Photograph.

Baron Lister amongst a group outing. Photograph.

Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir John Evans, bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, R.B. Clifton, G.G. Stokes, Sir Michael Foster, Lord Lister, Arthur W. Rucker, Sir J.D. Hooker, Sir William Huggins, Sir W.T. Thiselton Dyer. Photograph by Mayall.

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister. Etching by W. C. Applebey.

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister. Photograph of a bas relief by J.B. Wendt.

Upton House, West Ham; birthplace of Joseph Lister. Watercolour partly after a photograph, partly after a sketch by Mary Lister, 1920/1940.

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister. Oil painting.

Joseph Lister, Baron Lister acclaims Louis Pasteur at Pasteur's Jubilee, Paris, 1892. Photograph after a painting by Jean-André Rixens.

Joseph Lister, Baron Lister. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister. Etching by A. W. Turnbull after R. A. Bickersteth.

The Hunterian Oration : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on February 14th, 1927 / by Sir Berkeley Moynihan in the presence of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles.

Lister, 1827-1912 : a house surgeon's memories / [St. Clair Thomson].

Lister, his books, and evolvement of his antiseptic wound practices / Owen H. Wangensteen and Sarah D. Wangensteen.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet trimmed to oval 18 x 14.5 cm

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scotland: surgical staff under Joseph Lister, 1870. Photograph, 1926.

43 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm

Reminiscences of a surgical training : inaugural address delivered in the M'Ewan Hall, October 14, 1919 / by Harold Stiles.

On the early stages of inflammation / By Joseph Lister.

Professor Volkmann on antiseptic osteotomy.

Clinical medicine : observations recorded at the bedside with commentaries / by W.T. Gairdner.

The third Huxley lecture : delivered before the Medical School of Charing Cross Hospital / by Lord Lister.

11 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Observations on the contractile tissue of the iris / by Joseph Lister.

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Joseph Lister

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Images featuring Joseph Lister

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On the early stages of inflammation / By Joseph Lister.

Professor Volkmann on antiseptic osteotomy.

Clinical medicine : observations recorded at the bedside with commentaries / by W.T. Gairdner.

The third Huxley lecture : delivered before the Medical School of Charing Cross Hospital / by Lord Lister.

Observations on the contractile tissue of the iris / by Joseph Lister.

The Hunterian Oration : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on February 14th, 1927 / by Sir Berkeley Moynihan in the presence of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles.

Lister, 1827-1912 : a house surgeon's memories / [St. Clair Thomson].

Lister, his books, and evolvement of his antiseptic wound practices / Owen H. Wangensteen and Sarah D. Wangensteen.

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scotland: surgical staff under Joseph Lister, 1870. Photograph, 1926.

Reminiscences of a surgical training : inaugural address delivered in the M'Ewan Hall, October 14, 1919 / by Harold Stiles.

Frequent collaborators

Joseph Lister

Images from the collections

Images featuring Joseph Lister

Works from the collections

On the early stages of inflammation / By Joseph Lister.

Professor Volkmann on antiseptic osteotomy.

Clinical medicine : observations recorded at the bedside with commentaries / by W.T. Gairdner.

The third Huxley lecture : delivered before the Medical School of Charing Cross Hospital / by Lord Lister.

Observations on the contractile tissue of the iris / by Joseph Lister.

The Hunterian Oration : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on February 14th, 1927 / by Sir Berkeley Moynihan in the presence of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles.

Lister, 1827-1912 : a house surgeon's memories / [St. Clair Thomson].

Lister, his books, and evolvement of his antiseptic wound practices / Owen H. Wangensteen and Sarah D. Wangensteen.

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scotland: surgical staff under Joseph Lister, 1870. Photograph, 1926.

Reminiscences of a surgical training : inaugural address delivered in the M'Ewan Hall, October 14, 1919 / by Harold Stiles.

Frequent collaborators

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