Contributions to physiology and pathology/

(presentation copy)

Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912.

London : Taylor & Francis, 1859.

Journal : Philosophical Transactions, vol. 148, Part 2 (1858).

Description : [offprint] pp. 607-702, [2] l. ; ill., diag., 2 lith., 3 photo. ; 30 cm.

Photographs : extra-illustrated with portraits (c1865) — 2 salt prints, 1 albumen .

Subject : Physiology — Inflammation.

Notes :

• Provenance of Haskell Norman (Norman 1363).
• Sold at Christies on Oct. 29, 1998 ; Freud-8976, lot 1168.
• Inscription: "To Robert H. Ramsay with the author's kindest regards."
• Ramsay was a close friend and served as Lister's house surgeon.
• Bound with "On the Minute Structure of Involuntary Muscle Fibre" ; Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. ; Edinburgh: 1857.
• GM 2298 for "On the early stages of inflammation," pp. 645-702.
• Index Medicus: 10801691350.

Lister always believed... that these three papers on inflammation were his most important work, eclipsing even his introduction of antiseptic techniques into surgical practice — Norman.