Antisepsis and antiseptics . orts are to becrystallized, or the blossom to merge into the tangiblefruit. Only at this particular time would his adventhave been successful and at the precise moment of theneed of his trenchant blade Joseph Lister steps into thescientific arena. IV.—History. From the Advent of Lister to tub PresentTime. In the fullness of time appeared the man for whosecoming the fates seemed to have conspired loo late nor too early did he appear, but whenscientific discoveries had prepared the way and had madethe minds of men ready to receive and profit by the o
Antisepsis and antiseptics . orts are to becrystallized, or the blossom to merge into the tangiblefruit. Only at this particular time would his adventhave been successful and at the precise moment of theneed of his trenchant blade Joseph Lister steps into thescientific arena. IV.—History. From the Advent of Lister to tub PresentTime. In the fullness of time appeared the man for whosecoming the fates seemed to have conspired loo late nor too early did he appear, but whenscientific discoveries had prepared the way and had madethe minds of men ready to receive and profit by the ob-servations which he had made and the conclusions whichhe had drawn from his observations. That the seed fellon good soil and flourished the splendid achievements ofmodern medicine, surgery and obstetrics fully medical science would have been without thesegrand generalizations and their subsequent results isshown by the condition in the era immediately preced-ing their enunciation and demonstration. To-day the. HOSPITAL IN THE FRENCH THEATRE. 37 germ theory of disease is the very foundation uponwhich the magnificent superstructure of modern medi-cine rests—ay, we might almost say that it is at oncethe foundation and the structure. In the London Lancet of July 27, 1807, appeared anarticle by Dr, Joseph Lister entitled A new method oftreatment of Hernia in the presence of AtmosphericAir. This was the first step taken by him in the direc-tion which was to ultimately yield him so many honors,so many laurels, so many brilliant results in the savingof human life in its battle with disease. Here was thegerm of the acorn which was to spring into such amighty oak, bearing healing in its leaves. In Septemberof the same year another article by Lister appeared inthe Lancet entitled On the antiseptic principle in thepractice of Surgery. This marks the date of the birthof the true antiseptic era—indeed it is the first use ofthe term antiseptic, being used in the sense of o
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