British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)

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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.

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.

On the interdependence of science and the healing art : being the Presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Liverpool, 1896 / [Joseph Lister].

On the nature of fermentation : the introductory address delivered in King's College, London, at the opening of the session October 1, 1877 / [Joseph Lister].

On the application of a knowledge of hydrostatics and hydraulics to practical medicine : abstract of an address delivered before the Medical Society of University College, London, on October 11, 1882 / [Joseph Lister].

On the early stages of inflammation / By Joseph Lister.

Notes on the preparation of catgut for surgical purposes / [Joseph Lister].

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Joseph Lister

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Images featuring Joseph Lister

Works from the collections

On the interdependence of science and the healing art : being the Presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Liverpool, 1896 / [Joseph Lister].

On the nature of fermentation : the introductory address delivered in King's College, London, at the opening of the session October 1, 1877 / [Joseph Lister].

On the application of a knowledge of hydrostatics and hydraulics to practical medicine : abstract of an address delivered before the Medical Society of University College, London, on October 11, 1882 / [Joseph Lister].

On the early stages of inflammation / By Joseph Lister.

Notes on the preparation of catgut for surgical purposes / [Joseph Lister].

Frequent collaborators

Joseph Lister

Images from the collections

Images featuring Joseph Lister

Works from the collections

On the interdependence of science and the healing art : being the Presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Liverpool, 1896 / [Joseph Lister].

On the nature of fermentation : the introductory address delivered in King's College, London, at the opening of the session October 1, 1877 / [Joseph Lister].

On the application of a knowledge of hydrostatics and hydraulics to practical medicine : abstract of an address delivered before the Medical Society of University College, London, on October 11, 1882 / [Joseph Lister].

On the early stages of inflammation / By Joseph Lister.

Notes on the preparation of catgut for surgical purposes / [Joseph Lister].

Frequent collaborators

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