博客來Before Joseph Lister, the hospital was a death trap. Anesthesia conquered pain, but infection-sepsis-remained an invisible, inevitable killer, turning every successful operation into a coin flip against fate. Surgeons were forced to amputate, knowing they were likely delivering a death sentence.
This is the story of the quiet, scientifically relentless Quaker surgeon who refused to accept this grim reality. Inspired by the germ theory of Louis Pasteur, Lister dared to challenge centuries of tradition, introducing the radical idea of antiseptic surgery.
Faced with two decades of bitter professional ridicule and fierce opposition from the medical establishment, Lister tirelessly fought with one weapon: irrefutable data. He proved that his methods-using carbolic acid to cleanse the operating field-plunged surgical mortality rates from fifty percent to single digits, ending the reign of ＂hospitalism.＂
Discover the life of the humble pioneer whose moral conviction and dedication to scientific truth unleashed the most profound medical revolution in history, fundamentally reshaping the human relationship with disease and saving more lives than any other figure in medicine. Approx.164 pages, 28900 word count
