Joseph Lister and the Story of Antiseptics
Book Description
None of the doctors could figure it out. During the nineteenth century, surviving surgery was only half the battle. In many hospitals, 50 percent of amputees lived through their painful operations only to die soon afterward in their beds. Everyone had a theory for what doctors referred to as "hospitalism." But it was not until Joseph Lister and his pioneering work in antiseptic methods that death ... More
Book Information
Publisher | Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |
Binding | Library Binding |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 48 |
ISBN-10 | 1584152621 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1584152620 |
Publication Date | 05/2004 |
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