Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his wife, was his co-worker in some of his research. And the BBC reported on an interesting operation by Lister that Ruth discovered.
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Joseph Lister
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Joseph Lister
Steve Roffey wrote to say that this plaque was lost in 2018. Checking on Goog...
Joseph Lister bust
{Inside the bronze wreath on the back of the edifice:} 1827 - 1912 {The oth...
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Anna Freud
Pioneer of child psychoanalysis. Born Vienna, the sixth and last child of Sigmund. Was on holiday in England in 1914 when war was declared and she had to return home. After nursing her father i...
John Hughlings Jackson
Physician specialising in a type of epilepsy. Born Yorkshire. Died at home at 3 Manchester Square.
Great Plague
Europe suffered a number of bubonic plaque epidemics from 1347 – 1750. The last major outbreak in England was in 1665-6 and killed about 100,000 people, 20% of London’s population at the time. It...
Children who died in the Evelina at Guy's Hospital
See the Evelina Children's Hospital for more information.