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I bet that if I were to ask you who this man pictured to the left is that you would have no idea, that is a shame considering he made a very important improvement in the field of medicine and with out him every time anyone went in for surgery they would have a 45%-50% chance of dying. This man is Joseph Lister and he is considered the "founder of antiseptic medicine" (Biography). Joseph Lister should be considered a legend because without him, who knows when this discovery would of been made and where we would be in this day an age without him.
Joseph Lister noticed that when doctors would just go from patient to patient after operating on them, that the chances of passing germs and diseases from person to person were greatly increased. After this discovery he required that the doctors working for him wash their hands every time they worked on a patient. This drastically decreased the chances of doctors passing diseases or other germs from patient to patient.
Just think about it, if it weren't for Joseph Lister, doctors still might not be washing their hands after they see each patient and doctors' offices and hospitals might not be the sterile places we know today and why he should be considered a legend.
Works Cited
"Joseph Lister." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Mar 21 2013, 08:20 http://www.biography.com/people/joseph-lister-37032.
Joseph Lister noticed that when doctors would just go from patient to patient after operating on them, that the chances of passing germs and diseases from person to person were greatly increased. After this discovery he required that the doctors working for him wash their hands every time they worked on a patient. This drastically decreased the chances of doctors passing diseases or other germs from patient to patient.
Just think about it, if it weren't for Joseph Lister, doctors still might not be washing their hands after they see each patient and doctors' offices and hospitals might not be the sterile places we know today and why he should be considered a legend.
Works Cited
"Joseph Lister." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Mar 21 2013, 08:20 http://www.biography.com/people/joseph-lister-37032.
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