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“If the love of surgery is a proof of a person's being adapted for it, then certainly I am fitted to he a surgeon; for thou can'st hardly conceive what a high degree of enjoyment I am from day to day experiencing in this bloody and butchering department of the healing art. I am more and more delighted with my profession.”

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Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister

Joseph Lister, born on April 5, 1827, and died on February 10, 1912, was a renowned British surgeon. He is considered the 'father of modern surgery' for his pioneering work in the application of bacteriology in medicine, particularly in the field of surgery, significantly reducing surgical infection rates. more

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