Letters to his brother Arthur

Letters from Lister to his brother Arthur Lister, describing the result of an experiment with catgut ligatures applied to the artery of a calf (with a pen and ink drawing), 1869; reporting the successful use of antiseptic methods by Johann von Nussbaum in Munich, 1875; and on the preparation of catgut with chromic acid, 1876.

1869-1876

3 items

Acquired from the Misses Lister, daughters of Arthur Lister, 1927.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).