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...foul breath contaminating the entrails of patients. Many surgeons realize the "why" of their precautions; most take their procedure for granted. Lister to them, as to the vast majority of their patients, is now-except for a mild centennial-only a name, a Hippocrates, a Galen, a little revered Esculapius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Joseph Lister | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

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