GB 0114 MS0021 - LISTER, Joseph (1827-1912)

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GB 0114 MS0021 [1841-1900] Collection (fonds) 6 boxes Lister , Joseph , 1827-1912 , Baron Lister , surgeon

Born in Upton, Essex, 1827; educated at London's University College Hospital, graduating with B.A. and M.B. in 1852; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, 1852; moved to Edinburgh to build on his surgical experience, 1853; elected to vacancies at the Royal Infirmary and at the Royal College of Surgeons; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1855; Professor of Surgery at Glasgow University and a surgeon at the city's Royal Infirmary, 1860; Regius Professor of Surgery at Edinburgh University, 1869; Professor of Surgery at King's College, London, 1877; famous for his work on antiseptics in surgery, continuing the research of Louis Pasteur on air-borne organisms. He realised that some organisms could cause post-operative wound infections such as tetanus, blood-poisoning, and gangrene. He countered this by using carbolic acid soaked in lint or calico around the wound and replaced slow-to-absorb silk stitching with cat-gut stitching which absorbed the carbolic acid more easily. He also experimented with gauze swabs and a disinfectant spray for operating theatres; appointed Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Victoria, 1878; created a Baron, 1897; died, 1912.
Publications include: Amputation. Anæsthetics (1860); Introductory Lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1869); Observations on ligatures of arteries on the antiseptic system. From the Lancet, April 3, 1869 (Edmonton & Douglas: Edinburgh, 1869); On the effects of the Antiseptic System of Treatment upon the salubrity of a Surgical Hospital (Edinburgh, 1870); New Designs in plans for the internal arrangement of Back to Back Houses (Leeds, 1907); The third Huxley lecture. delivered before the Medical School of Charing Cross Hospital (1907); The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister. [With plates.] 2 vol. (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1909); Six papers by Lord Lister (London, 1921); Eight Letters ... to William Sharpey Reprinted from The British Journal of Surgery (J Wright & Sons, Bristol, 1933); A List of the Original Writings of Joseph Lord Lister, O.M. William Richard Lefanu (E & S Livingstone, Edinburgh & London, 1965).

Many of the records were presented to the College in accordance with the terms of Lord Lister's will.

Papers of Joseph Lister, [1841-1900], comprising notes and drawings on suppuration, 1851-1907, including experiments on the histology of suppuration at Glasgow, 1865; notes on a new method of treating compound fractures, manuscript draft of the first published paper on his method, [1867]; notes on the preparation of antiseptic catgut, coagulation of the blood, [1862];

papers presented to the College under the terms of Lord Lister's will, including notes on gauze; cases taken by Lister for the Fellowes Clinical medal at University College Hospital whilst a student, [1844-1853]; papers on early stages of inflammation; germ theory of putrefaction, 1875; correspondence on cases; copies of anatomical drawings, 1841-1843; physiological drawings and notes, [1851]; pathological sketches, [1851]; notes on clinical lectures by Jenner, Erichsen, Quain, Walshe and Garrod, 1851-1852; observations on the contractile tissue of the iris, [1853]; introductory lecture at Edinburgh, 1855; notes on external applications, 1855; lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1856; observations on early stages of inflammation and nerves, with some sketches, 1857; notes and sketches on the cutaneous pigmentary system of the frog, 1857; summary of experiments on the 'Hemmings' nervous system, 1858; notes and sketches on the minute structure of involuntary muscle fibre, 1858; notes on spontaneous gangrene from arteritis, 1858; coagulation of the blood, 1858-1860; Croomian lecture on Coagulation of the blood, 1863; notes and sketches of horse's blood, 1863; notes, sketches and photographs on excision of the wrist for caries, [1866]; notes on the antiseptic system of treatment in surgery, 1868; sketches and notes illustrating ligature, 1868-1869; notes on the ligature of arteries on the antiseptic system of treatment in surgery, 1871; sketches, notes and lecture on granulations, 1864-1871; drawings for plates on the natural history of bacteria, 1873 and germ theory of putrefaction, [1875]; address at opening of medical session, King's College Hospital, 1877; clinical lecture at King's College Hospital, 1877; sketches of spores and botanical sketches, 1872-1877; notes on the healing of wounds without antiseptic treatment, 1878; on the lactic fermentation, [1878]; notes for address to the Hunterian Society, 1889; observations on division of median and ulnar nerves, 1890; notes on anaesthetics and amputations, [1882];

drawings of fungi, 1872-1877; notes for extra-academical lectures in Glasgow, 1860-1863; address to Glasgow students, 1894; common-place books, by Lister and Lady Lister, on subjects including bactiera, catgut and antiseptic dressings, including drawings; letters from Erichsen and others; signed prescriptions, 1889; letters to and from Lister, 1868-1900, including letters to Sir George Darwin, 1899-1900.

Notes on lectures on surgery delivered by Lister at the University of Glasgow, 1864-1865, transcribed by P H McKellar; notes on lectures on the theory and practice of surgery delivered by Lister at Glasgow, 1863-1864, taken by Dr Robert W Forrest; notes on the surgical lectures delivered by Lister at the University of Glasgow, 1863-1865, taken by Alex Forsyth.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.
English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Correspondence, diary, sketch book and papers (Reference: MSS 3298-3303, 5018), correspondence and papers with notebooks, 1833-1910 (Reference: MSS 6961-6989), notes of W Sharpey's lectures, 1849-1950 (Reference: MSL MS 80), notes on his lectures on clinical surgery by Albert Wilson (3 vols) 1874-1877 (Reference: MSS 5356-58), letters to Sir Thomas Barlow, 1886-1907, (Reference: PP/BAR), letters to Lister Institute, 1893-1907 (Reference: SA/LIS) and correspondence with Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer, 1888-1899 (Reference: PP/ESS) are held by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine; notebooks are held by the Commonwealth Mycological Institute; case notes, (see HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982 for location); dissertation held by the Royal Medical Society; correspondence and papers (Reference: NRAS 1412) and correspondence with John Chiene, 1870-1908, are held by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; correspondence and papers are held by Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch; correspondence and papers, 1869-1912, are held by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (Reference: RCPSG11); letters to Sir Henry Acland, 1878-1899 (Reference: MSS Acland) and correspondence with Sir Henry Burdett, 1882-1901 (Reference: MSS Eng b 2068-69, c 5894-6032, d 2867-89), held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts; correspondence with Sir Thomas Barlow and letters (14), 1897-1909, are held by the Royal College of Physicians of London; letters (10) to Sir Alfred Kempe, 1894-1907 are held by West Sussex Record Office (Reference: Kempe papers); letters (27) to Albert Wilson, 1878-1907 are held by Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections (Reference: Dc 2 96); letters held by Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department (Reference: L Add).

Sources: Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; Archives Hub website: http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk; British Library Public On-line Catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. October 2002 Equipment Amputation Anatomy Bacteria Bacteriology Biology Darwin , Sir , George Howard , 1845-1912 , Knight , mathematician and astronomer Documents Drawings Erichsen , Sir , John Eric , 1818-1896 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Forrest , Robert W , fl 1863-1864 , medical doctor Forsyth , Alex , fl 1863-1865 , medical student Histology Hunterian Society Information sources Jenner , Edward , 1749-1823 , surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination King's College Hospital Lister , Agnes , d 1893 , wife of Joseph Lister Lister , Joseph , 1827-1912 , 1st Baron Lister , surgeon x Lister , 1st Baron McKellar , P H , fl 1864-1865 , medical student Medical equipment Medical personnel Medical records Medical research Medical sciences Microbiology Microorganisms Personnel Physiology Quain , Richard , 1800-1887 , surgeon Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Scientific equipment St Bartholomew's Hospital , London Surgeons Surgery Sutures University of Glasgow x Glasgow University Visual materials Walshe , Walter Hayle , 1812-1892 , physician People by occupation People Illustrations Primary documents

Many of the records were presented to the College in accordance with the terms of Lord Lister's will.

Papers of Joseph Lister, [1841-1900], comprising notes and drawings on suppuration, 1851-1907, including experiments on the histology of suppuration at Glasgow, 1865; notes on a new method of treating compound fractures, manuscript draft of the first published paper on his method, [1867]; notes on the preparation of antiseptic catgut, coagulation of the blood, [1862];

papers presented to the College under the terms of Lord Lister's will, including notes on gauze; cases taken by Lister for the Fellowes Clinical medal at University College Hospital whilst a student, [1844-1853]; papers on early stages of inflammation; germ theory of putrefaction, 1875; correspondence on cases; copies of anatomical drawings, 1841-1843; physiological drawings and notes, [1851]; pathological sketches, [1851]; notes on clinical lectures by Jenner, Erichsen, Quain, Walshe and Garrod, 1851-1852; observations on the contractile tissue of the iris, [1853]; introductory lecture at Edinburgh, 1855; notes on external applications, 1855; lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1856; observations on early stages of inflammation and nerves, with some sketches, 1857; notes and sketches on the cutaneous pigmentary system of the frog, 1857; summary of experiments on the 'Hemmings' nervous system, 1858; notes and sketches on the minute structure of involuntary muscle fibre, 1858; notes on spontaneous gangrene from arteritis, 1858; coagulation of the blood, 1858-1860; Croomian lecture on Coagulation of the blood, 1863; notes and sketches of horse's blood, 1863; notes, sketches and photographs on excision of the wrist for caries, [1866]; notes on the antiseptic system of treatment in surgery, 1868; sketches and notes illustrating ligature, 1868-1869; notes on the ligature of arteries on the antiseptic system of treatment in surgery, 1871; sketches, notes and lecture on granulations, 1864-1871; drawings for plates on the natural history of bacteria, 1873 and germ theory of putrefaction, [1875]; address at opening of medical session, King's College Hospital, 1877; clinical lecture at King's College Hospital, 1877; sketches of spores and botanical sketches, 1872-1877; notes on the healing of wounds without antiseptic treatment, 1878; on the lactic fermentation, [1878]; notes for address to the Hunterian Society, 1889; observations on division of median and ulnar nerves, 1890; notes on anaesthetics and amputations, [1882];

drawings of fungi, 1872-1877; notes for extra-academical lectures in Glasgow, 1860-1863; address to Glasgow students, 1894; common-place books, by Lister and Lady Lister, on subjects including bactiera, catgut and antiseptic dressings, including drawings; letters from Erichsen and others; signed prescriptions, 1889; letters to and from Lister, 1868-1900, including letters to Sir George Darwin, 1899-1900.

Notes on lectures on surgery delivered by Lister at the University of Glasgow, 1864-1865, transcribed by P H McKellar; notes on lectures on the theory and practice of surgery delivered by Lister at Glasgow, 1863-1864, taken by Dr Robert W Forrest; notes on the surgical lectures delivered by Lister at the University of Glasgow, 1863-1865, taken by Alex Forsyth.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.

• English

• Latin

English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Correspondence, diary, sketch book and papers (Reference: MSS 3298-3303, 5018), correspondence and papers with notebooks, 1833-1910 (Reference: MSS 6961-6989), notes of W Sharpey's lectures, 1849-1950 (Reference: MSL MS 80), notes on his lectures on clinical surgery by Albert Wilson (3 vols) 1874-1877 (Reference: MSS 5356-58), letters to Sir Thomas Barlow, 1886-1907, (Reference: PP/BAR), letters to Lister Institute, 1893-1907 (Reference: SA/LIS) and correspondence with Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer, 1888-1899 (Reference: PP/ESS) are held by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine; notebooks are held by the Commonwealth Mycological Institute; case notes, (see HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982 for location); dissertation held by the Royal Medical Society; correspondence and papers (Reference: NRAS 1412) and correspondence with John Chiene, 1870-1908, are held by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; correspondence and papers are held by Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch; correspondence and papers, 1869-1912, are held by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (Reference: RCPSG11); letters to Sir Henry Acland, 1878-1899 (Reference: MSS Acland) and correspondence with Sir Henry Burdett, 1882-1901 (Reference: MSS Eng b 2068-69, c 5894-6032, d 2867-89), held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts; correspondence with Sir Thomas Barlow and letters (14), 1897-1909, are held by the Royal College of Physicians of London; letters (10) to Sir Alfred Kempe, 1894-1907 are held by West Sussex Record Office (Reference: Kempe papers); letters (27) to Albert Wilson, 1878-1907 are held by Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections (Reference: Dc 2 96); letters held by Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department (Reference: L Add).

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