Lord Lister.

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Oxford 1924. (Special Edition privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library, New Jersey, 2005). Thick Roy. 8vo. Orig. full morocco. Gilt. E.g. (xvi, 686pp.). With portrs., full-page plates, facs., and text-illusts. NOTE: Joseph Lister (1827-1912), Surgeon, made a special study of inflammation and suppuration following injuries and wounds; used carbolic acid to prevent septic infection; founder of antiseptic surgery.