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The 15 pages that link to Joseph Lister, each with the reason it gives.

• Germ theory of diseaseRelated: He applied germ-theory reasoning to surgical practice.

• PhenolRelated: Lister used carbolic acid to reduce infections during surgical procedures.

• AntisepticRelated: Lister’s methods demonstrated how chemical treatment could reduce postoperative infection.

• University of GlasgowRelated: Lister developed antiseptic methods while professor of surgery at Glasgow.

• Ether anesthesiaRelated: Anesthesia and antisepsis together made more ambitious surgery safer and more practical.

• AntisepsisRelated: Lister developed the best-known early system of antiseptic surgery.

• Ignaz SemmelweisRelated: Lister’s later antiseptic program extended infection prevention into surgical practice.

• UrologyRelated: Antisepsis made invasive urinary tract operations substantially safer.

• History of surgeryRelated: Lister applied carbolic acid to reduce infection in surgical wounds.

• James A. GarfieldRelated: His methods highlight the infection-control practices largely absent from Garfield's treatment.

• Third plague pandemicRelated: His germ-theory-based reforms formed part of the medical context for controlling infectious disease.

• History of hospitalsRelated: His methods helped hospitals adopt safer operative practices.

• Johnson & JohnsonRelated: Lister’s antisepsis inspired the founders’ early campaign against surgical infection.

• Tincture of iodineRelated: His antiseptic work helped establish chemical disinfection as a medical practice.