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Portrait of Joseph Lister

  • Circa 1855 (Date of original photograph)

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Portrait photogravure of English surgeon and Baron Joseph Lister (1827-1912) based on a circa 1855 daguerreotype photograph when Lister was around age 28. Influenced by Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) discoveries in microbiology, Lister became a pioneer of antiseptic surgery by using carbolic acid as an antiseptic.

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  • 6.25 in. H x 5.5 in. W
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  • (Underneath portrait) "Joseph Lister aged about 28 from a daguerreotype"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 1, Folder 9

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Walker, Emery. “Portrait of Joseph Lister,” circa 1855. Fisher-Pasteur Memorial Collection, Box 1, Folder 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3f4625556.

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