Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-25
FATHER OF MODERN SURGERY
Ths FpOob-Kaki1g kGtisvsnsrz Of 81
Joseph Las1s-
esEIT BOON TO he HUMAN RACE
Important Dt-cor-r5c- ~ the Ne-
President Of the Brfrfsb As-cctn-
tioa - His Winning Pe-~oB-
AIiry ard Courage

NJ -scn1e--iuur q H. I've YEAR, 1863
60 Ig-4. spent u 81 Joseph Listers wards
IL the Ruvpl 1nf-rRry Of Edlrhu-rr as a
G-esse- clinical CLERK and house surgeon
besides assisting hin IN his p-1vuts p-lc-
-ire Bring back many happy and most
Instructive times During that period Pref
Lister made al his most important sIcs-a-
lions and perfected the nov universally
adopted treatment u wounds. which has
particularly revoiuuorized surgery max
inE x possible TO perform al the most
5espe-u-s operations with perfect safety %
the patient and cuufur- % the sr-reur
Twenty ysE-s ara these operations could
NOT have been undertaken vi-a5ut certain
destruction u the uu-is-ts he
Pref Lister beng one o. the most SCI
rr-Lhg -ysl 8foEls-s and l-Ig-uscupIs-E % Is
GAY vas not satisfied as 4 surgeon VIII
the unfortunate results Of Operatives under
taken u 90 me year 1867. Hospital wards
were constantly Uvs-rUr with scourres Of
e-vsIpe las. hospital gHuE-gns and resulting
blood poisoning. 81 thar The surgeon really
dreaded % undertake operations III lesE
great u-upurv uacassrtH-a- them In order
20 gain Z tuI measure o. Listers work 81
v-iI be worth while to g. hack thirty wears
or more and glance a. the s-u-s Of sur
Eirul science before the revolution which
Lister wrought.
There vux nothing sr-ur-sr 20 phvsicizus
themselves there wuE no greater mystery
u t-ry wears EEu than TIE difference n the
action Of wounds according co whether
The skir WIS IL iu-ed - ru-- For example
g The bones o. the arm were broken and
TIE skin rEnz tnec intact Il was only uecss-
say ~ effect a eve 70 set The bones
properly ever th1u4 -ts injury vas e
severe one BUt OF TIE 1-nsr hand II -hs
skl1 were torn or injured SO Is 20 corr
ruurica-E with -rH bone the wound --
rlH51--r-y OF cases was s1-EL And he Tor
-l-s that accompanied the progress o. -hs
wound wHE ul-s- fr.E-r-L
The only wZv that men @ science could
e--turr -rr singular difference o. Behavior
between vhH- they Gales simple End con-
pound fractures Sis TIA. lr some manner
The lz-uer Of the E-r egE1E-sd VIII the
blood % convert TINS later hsal-Esll ana
-u--i-iva subF-Eues INTO @ vi1ls-- poison.
y here & simple l- covered w---- w0Li-
h=al quickly. an exposed -sE surface be-
cane covered WITH l1rg- Of rl1--s1 blond.
vElr lr-u-iahly rUr-eEal and following
pulrceEc-I1n -1-al came ls--e-E-s1u E1d hat
t-.Et-fLl secure known Is hls--El 50
creme. Ns--hr- medicine n1r surgery knew
cure Es@5ys-v was an accident
STUDYING TIE FaJg-EE
Ike -a5-azuds % ether EUrrz5us Lister
1-15s-ed -hlz curious p-ll.-1 deeply. And
liEaCvt-lEs ID q wi-eIy s-gE-uIel ted rhHt
tls ewu gz-e About -nz- the IL the
U--~Hrs--- o. Lie WIS d rcLEE nan WHO
sG1 made ssue vErv -E--E-Ezsls .uves-iEH-
iuus iu-u TIE cause o. fr-rns-lHriou. Louis
Pas-su- ~ name Re had tuund thar fFr
Eer-utiUn Wherever Is vent CT was Que
70 ths growth o. E.-U-s o-EEulsus de-
rscrntis only ry tn EI--5Ecu-s.
IS s1Ua as hs ieuruel o. FEs-HUr's tis-
GOVERNS. there came 20 LIs-s- TIE E-sa-
-h-uCt- that q pUrrets--l-u Of vegetable
uar-er was cue 60 rs= presence o. r.
g~ohss. pu-rE-Auriur q. Eoun1E Was due -r
Pc sane cause and fLrftr~----s Lhz- if
ne wrU-l guuid be -rCHted E-h Some sUt-
--Erce which. w.-aGGr ~1ar- Erriu..s harm.
o -rs human tissues guEl1 El-- me ui--ut.ar
-'~P'ty cur-uined In g. su1 prevent t.
-rr-E- a. others In the living state this
-ac-l1r E-lEt- be- T~FVs---E and the
h1-ru-s CT surgery done uwHv WIKI and D.
lsEl- -- experiment HH lsn-nr1 INT car
al,ia ae5 Ec1 beer found 70 pursa-s a Re-
ZE-Eah-H lErdC-l-L-- sEer- uprr sHgErs
and Ezv ne es-l-nEl sample % lie ra-r14-
With US ten L--io ne thE- e charr-
.-l gL-ilsi-r. h. determined 10 C-- - iu ALs
clinical vr-E IL made the Hu-.-te--i--
% compound fracture. and had me joy Of
sE- these fu--iaus't injuries fellow The
sane u-Hn-Ul coarse O. simple f-z--E-es ia
-Eia "a -h- ssi1 rE--giu unH-uEFu
EC- -tis WIS net AL WIN TIE new
method il became possible n observe u
-per wounds WLs- had E--hsr1c haE- hidden
--u-Z view T--- TLs TIE manner n which
1z noCv rFpaL-F rs s-t--lEa. o. Epe sal
interest wEE she process ~ which portions
~ Tissue kll=G rT The r-3lsa-e O. Tie &c
stderr varH DISPOSED - Hitherto dead
parts EE5 always beer seen o. be Eru 5-a-Iy
separated from me LIVING EE = process o.