| …wounds and abscesses no longer poison the atmosphere with putrid exhalations… |
| On The Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery |
| Joseph Lister |
Harvard Classics, Vol. 38, Part 6
On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery
Joseph Lister
Lister advocates the use of antiseptics to reduce the diseases then common in wards and hospitals.
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NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001