Synopsis
This color film is a promotional short made for the Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. Warner–Lambert started in 1856, when William R. Warner founded a drug store in Philadelphia. Warner went on to invent a tablet coating process. The second half of the name came from Jordan Wheat Lambert, founder of the Lambert Pharmacal Company of St. Louis, famous for Listerine. "The Story of Dr. Lister" is a 1963 film about Joseph Lister (1827 – 1912), a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery, whose research into bacteriology and infection in wounds, revolutionized surgery. Lister promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Lister promoted Louis Pasteur's ideas and successfully introduced carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and to clean wounds. He is known as the "father of modern surgery". No opening credits. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1800s. A man falls off a horse. A wagon stops and another man comes to review his injury. Observers watch and comment. The injured man is taken away by wagon. Two men carry in the man on a stretcher. The man will be seeing A Dr. Lister and two people discuss the doctor. Joseph Lister introduces himself to the man who brought the injured man. The injured man is tended to and talks to the doctors. Dr. Lister opens an operation room door. The injured man is in pain and Dr. Lister rushes to his aid. Doctor confers with an aid (:06-4:17). Dr. Lister talks with Agnes and his parents. Doctors…
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- 24 minutes
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