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Joseph Lister

1. He was the founder of antiseptic medicine.

2. Joseph Lister was born on April 5, 1827, in Upton, England.

3. Lister observed that 45 to 50 percent of amputation patients died from sepsis.

4. In 1865, he learned of Louis Pasteur's theory that microorganisms cause infection.

5. Using phenol as an antiseptic, he reduced the mortality rate in his ward to 15 percent within four years.

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