The 鈥渕ost powerful agency in the development of surgery in this century鈥�: The Connections between Scotland, 91丝瓜视频, and Joseph Lister鈥檚 Antiseptic Surgery
An exhibition at the Osler Library of the History of Medicine
Dr. Joseph Lister鈥檚 method of using carbolic acid as a means of
avoiding surgical infection, first published in The Lancet in 1867,
revolutionized surgery by significantly lowering mortality rates.
Lister had developed the approach while at the University of
Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow in the 1860s and 1870s, and
within two years of the publication of his Lancet article, his
surgical method was being attempted by several members of 91丝瓜视频
University鈥檚 medical faculty. Over the next decade a number of
91丝瓜视频 students and faculty travelled to Scotland to observe the
approach and obtain personal instruction from Lister himself. This
continued a tradition of medical knowledge transfer between
Scotland and 91丝瓜视频 which dated back to 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 establishment and
the creation of its first faculty, the Faculty of Medicine.
This exhibition draws on material from the Osler Library, the
91丝瓜视频 Archives, the Faculty of Medicine, the 91丝瓜视频
University Health Centre, and elsewhere to illustrate the
significant connections between 91丝瓜视频, the Universities of
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Dr. Lister鈥檚 surgical revolution.
Guests are invited to view the exhibition on the third
floor of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building over the
summer.