This is an auction for THE COLLECTED PAPERS OF JOSEPH LISTER.

This book is part of the Classics of Medicine limited Edition Collection.

From Wikipedia:

"Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM PC PRS (1827 – 1912), known between 1883 and 1897 as Sir Joseph Lister, Bt., was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. He promoted the idea of sterile portable ports while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Lister successfully introduced carbolic acid (now known as phenol) to sterilise surgical instruments and to clean wounds. Applying Louis Pasteur's advances in microbiology, Lister championed the use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic, such that it became the first widely used antiseptic in surgery. He first suspected it would prove an adequate disinfectant because it was used to ease the stench from fields irrigated with sewage waste. He presumed it was safe because fields treated with carbolic acid produced no apparent ill-effects on the livestock that later grazed upon them. Lister's work led to a reduction in post-operative infections and made surgery safer for patients, distinguishing himself as the "father of modern surgery". Before Lister's studies of surgery, most people believed that chemical damage from exposures to bad air was responsible for infections in wounds..."

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Two large format hardbacks 1979.

1018 pages in the two volumes.

Near new condition.

The cost of shipping is:

• North Island - $8.95 (tracked mail)
• North Island rural delivery (RD) $11.95
• South Island - $13.95 (tracked mail)
• South Island rural delivery (RD) $18.95

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.