A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR.
Lord Lister, whose death is recorded by cable this morning, -was one of the world's benefactors. It was he who discovered, some years back, the anti-septic system of treatment in surgery. By this treatment- it is safe to say that thousands, nay millions of lives have been saved. Prior to the anti-septic treatment, septic poisoning was quite common in cases of operation, but since the new system was introduced, the percentage of deaths has (been very small.; The name of Lord Xister will be handed -down to posterity as that, of a inan who revolutionised .medical surgery.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10558, 13 February 1912, Page 4
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100A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10558, 13 February 1912, Page 4
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