Illustrations of the Antiseptic System of Treatment in Surgery.

Lister, Joseph

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“…In 1867, Lister published a series of papers in the surgical house-journal, the Lancet (Lister, 1867a(Lister, , 1867b(Lister, , 1867c, describing the use of carbolic acid on surgical dressings. He reported impressive recovery statistics for compound fracture, a malady with a mortality rate of around 60 per cent.…”

Section: Lister Antiseptic Technologies and Germ Theorymentioning

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Boundary Objects, Social Meanings and the Success of New Technologies

2011

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Boundary objects are entities that enhance the capacity of an idea, theory or practice to translate across culturally defined boundaries, for example, between communities of knowledge or practice. This concept thus has potential to both explain and predict technology adoption; however, it remains sociologically under-theorized. This article assesses, by recourse to a historical case study of innovations in surgical sterility, how boundary objects work and their relationship to social meanings within communities of practice. It is concluded that not only are there positive and negative boundary objects, but that technological devices or processes may themselves act as facilitative or inhibitory boundary objects during innovation. The approach set out here has potential as a sociologically informed model of improving adoption of technologies and policies by managing the positive and negative social meanings of technology objects.

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Section: Lister Antiseptic Technologies and Germ Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Boundary Objects, Social Meanings and the Success of New Technologies

2011

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“…Chemical agents that have been used as disinfectants include (1) chlorine and its compounds, (2) bromine, (3) iodine, (4) ozone, (5) phenol and phenolic compounds, (6) alcohols, (7) heavy metals and related compounds, (8) dyes, (9) soaps and synthetic detergents, (10) quaternary ammonium compounds, (11) hydrogen peroxide, (12) various alkalis and acids (eg, peracetic acid), and (13) antimicrobial nanoemulsions.…”

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Disinfection

Das

2002

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

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This article describes some of the historic use of disinfectants and antiseptics, and disinfection practices, along with most modern and emerging technologies that are proving to be more efficient in disinfecting varieties of microorganisms present in water, air, and solid media. In rural areas of India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Peru, China, and other underdeveloped and developing nations, waterborne diseases such as typhoid, cholera, hepatitis, and gastroenteritis infect and kill many infants and children each day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Wastewaters or water can contain an incredibly large variety of microorganisms, although some are harmless; many, however, are disease causing. These microorganisms must be destroyed before the water is safe to discharge into a receiving body of water or to reclaim and reuse it. With increasing emphasis on promoting a sustainable ecological future and concern over introducing a toxic chemical in the water, the design of the disinfection process is increasingly leaning toward technologies that destroy the pathogens while balancing the effects of this disinfected wastewater on the population of aquatic biota or a drinking water supply. Disinfection (or pasteurization or sterilization) is a process by which pathogenic microorganisms are killed or inactivated to provide public health protection. Disinfectants and antiseptics are chemicals that kill or inactivate microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi. The chemicals (and some physical) agents that combat pathogenic and non‐pathogenic microorganisms are known as disinfectants and antiseptics. Therefore, it is important to have background information about these chemical and physical agents, and their role and how they act in the various disinfection processes. Disinfection is most commonly accomplished by the use of ( 1 ) chemical agents, ( 2 ) physical agents, ( 3 ) mechanical means, and ( 4 ) radiation. Chemical agents that have been used as disinfectants include ( 1 ) chlorine and its compounds, ( 2 ) bromine, ( 3 ) iodine, ( 4 ) ozone, ( 5 ) phenol and phenolic compounds, ( 6 ) alcohols, ( 7 ) heavy metals and related compounds, ( 8 ) dyes, ( 9 ) soaps and synthetic detergents, ( 10 ) quaternary ammonium compounds, ( 11 ) hydrogen peroxide, ( 12 ) various alkalis and acids (eg, peracetic acid), and ( 13 ) antimicrobial nanoemulsions. Physical disinfectants that can be used are heat and light. Heating water to the boiling point, eg, will destroy the major disease‐producing nonspore‐forming bacteria. Heat is commonly used in the beverage and dairy industry, but it is not a feasible means of disinfecting large quantities of wastewater because of the high cost. Bacteria and other organisms are also removed by mechanical means during wastewater treatment operations and processes, including coarse screens, fine screens, grit chambers, plain sedimentation, etc. The major types of radiation that are used for disinfection are ultraviolet (uv), electromagnetic, acoustic, and particle. Gamma rays are emitted from radioisotopes such as Co‐60. Because of their penetration power, uv, gamma rays, and high energy electron‐beam devices have been used to disinfect (sterilize) water, wastewater or sludge, meat, poultry, fish and other foods, and air borne microorganisms or bioaerosols, including anthrax.

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“…1', the first in another series. 23 A footnote stated that, unlike in his first set, he would be 'untrammelled as to the order in which the subjects are introduced, and shall be at liberty to notice from time to time any improvements that may suggest themselves in the methods of dealing with the various classes of cases-J.L.'. The promised next article on simple incised wounds never appeared, and the reason was never explained.…”

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Joseph Lister and the performance of antiseptic surgery

Worboys

2013

Notes Rec. R. Soc.

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This article highlights a neglected feature of Joseph Lister's work, namely how, in addition to promoting germ theories and the principles of the antiseptic system, he also devoted much time and effort to communicating the performative aspects of antisepsis and of the many other surgical innovations that he developed. Attention to 'detail' and striving for 'improvement' were crucial to Listerian practice, and he sought to convey his credo in three main ways: first, his publications aimed at 'bringing the subject out in the same sort of way as it had been worked out by himself'; second, he set out strict protocols and information on materials and methods, yet also encouraged surgeons to improvise; and third, he made himself an exemplar of a new form of professionalism, which made constancy and vigilance in practice a moral duty for surgeons.

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Illustrations of the Antiseptic System of Treatment in Surgery.

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Boundary Objects, Social Meanings and the Success of New Technologies

Boundary Objects, Social Meanings and the Success of New Technologies

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Joseph Lister and the performance of antiseptic surgery

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