Lister Carbolic Spray
Photograph of Joseph Lister's Carbolic Spray. The device was used in operating theatres and it sprayed the carbolic acid into the air. Lister hoped this would kill airbone bacteria and reduce the chance of infection during surgery. Although not as effective as applying the carbolic acid directly to the wound, Lister found that the rate of infection after his surgery's dropped significnatly when using the Carbolic Spray.
- Date created - Approx. 1870
- Author - Unknown
Lister Lecture, University of Edinburgh
In 1869, Joseph Lister left the University of Glasgow (where he had worked for 8 years) to become a Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. This page is a copy of the front page of Lister's opening lecture to Univeristy of Edunburgh students. In the lecture Lister outlined his 'Germ Theory' and work with antiseptics.
- Date created - November 8 1869
- Author - Joseph Lister
Simpson Anaesthetics / Chloroform Front Cover
Title Page of James Young Simpson's 'Remarks on the Superinduction of Anaesthesia in Natural and Morbid Parturiton: with Cases Illustrative of the use and effects of Chloroform in Obstetric Practice', wherein Simpson discusses how Chloroform can be used in childbirth.
- Date created - 1848
- Author - James Young Simpson
Simpson Chloroform Front Cover
Front cover of 'Professor Simpson's Pamphlets on Chloroform'. This contains three pamphlets, the first is an 'Account of a New Anaesthetic Agent', the second is 'Remarks on Superinduction of Anaesthetia' and the third is 'Answer to Religous Objections'. Simpson was the first person to demonstrate that Chlorofom could be used as an anaesthetic and popularised its use in medicine.
- Date created - 1848
- Author - James Young Simpson