Modern wound treatment and the conduct of an operation / [Sir George Thomas Beatson].

  • George Beatson
Date:
1913
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Credit: Modern wound treatment and the conduct of an operation / [Sir George Thomas Beatson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LISTER’S PERSONALITY. Nothing could be more correct and expressive of Lister’s personal appearance than Henley’s descrip- tion of him in his sonnet on “ The Chief.” “ His brow spreads large and placid, and his eye Is deep and bright with steady looks that still. Soft lines of tranquil thought his face fulfil— His face at once benign and proud and sh}^.” Recalling Lister as I knew him in Edinburgh from 1871-1874, the years during which I worked under him, I still remember his kind and courteous man- ner, his earnestness, his unflagging energy, and the enthusiasm with which he inspired all those around him. Other distinctive characteristics of him were the ingenuity, originality, and aptitude that he showed in devising the best means of carrying on the technique of his antiseptic system, as also the attention he bestowed on details. If Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains, he on that ground alone merited the title. His teaching at the bedside and in formal lectures was always clear, simple, and attractive, and he impressed his students with the cqjre he took in diagnosis, and the well-balanced judgment that he brought to every case. Briefly, I would say that contact with Lister soon revealed the scientific and logical as well as the practical bent of his mind, characteristics which ensured, I am satisfied, his success in a matter where many others had previously failed.
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