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.