The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-03-07
GREAT LIFE SAVER.
LORD 11sTzR, THR -0RAAD 81
MAEv OF sUgGERX.
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cry cf Gezm De-
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undertake tie truth- When JOSEPH
Lister Grss maae his aeqaaintance Eir.
2 hospital about 81 years ago. an op
Grafton q any Importance meant al
most certain death. and even quite
simple operations we're full Of rlsx
The wounds made by the surgeon
knife refused 10 heal. pzErsfaction wal
followed By suppuEars0n. the patients
became de2irsous and n startling ma.
sority Of cases died
K vas Lord Lister Who discovered
the deadly secret Of al this mortal
iiy de found that the putrefaction
Of the wound vas due 70 the presenca
Of germs which were introduced from
outside. and in eaFbollc acid be dis
covered the means to Kill these germs.
thus BY this simple discovery reTo-
lutionizing surgery and saving count
less lives. An early result Of this
antiseptic treatment was that gan
CREME which had infected 50 per cent
Of the wounds disappeared entirely
and to-day operations which woul.
have meant certain death half q GER
tury ago are performed daily without
the least risk of fatal consequences.
SUCH il briefest outlook is the
change lord Lister has wrought II
surgery. ana one has only to read II
the horrors Of the hospitals in pre-
Listerian days. with their delirious
and dying patients. and their com
pound odor Of boiled mutton and sour
poultic.s" ami shen 10 pay visit 10
hospital pf to-day 70 realize how
revolutionary is the change wrought
BY this one mar
It is 50 years almost to day since
young Lister began to study surgery
and medicine At University college,
London. He was the son Of a very
clever man. fellow Of the Royal so
ciety. and the inventor. practically. Of
the modern microscope, and. as mign.
be expected from the son Of such
father, he quickly distinguished him
self among his fellow students. gradu-
aIing brilliantly and taking the COW
eted F. R. c. s before he was 25.
Then followed a period Of splendid
training under the great surgeon. Mr..
syme. whose daughter he married. ana
IN 1860, at the early age Of 80, he was
made regius professor OF surgery 1t
Glasgow
II was here that he became so deep
ly impressed BY the terrible mortality
due to operations and be set to
work to discover the cause. with the
results which We have described
There are stll living students who
saw him first experiment in antisep-
tic surgery BY making paste Of car
holic acid over the wound. and it was
soon admitted that lister wards"
we're the healthiest in the world But
ike many another proph !. he found
least appreciation among his own
Germany. France an
other continental countries adopted his
methods with avidity and his fame
vas European before Great Britain be-
same a tardy convert to his teaching
However. unlike so many world bsne-
actors. he has lived to see the uni
fersal triumph Of his discovery and 20
cap honors such as fail to few men Z
n a century.
And never. perhaps. did so great a
nan bear his honors so modestly At
Is he remains. to quote a great sur
seon "as simple and lovable as a
his.7 His old pupils adore him:
lis numberless friends respect and
owe him. the world counts him one
4 It's greatest benefactors. For the
est he is an ardent lover Of nature. {
killed IN botany and wooderaft, and
e declares that the sweetest music on I
afth is the song Of birds. 1