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Immediate Impact on World of Medicine
In response to the high casualty rates due to disease and infection during the Civil War, Joseph Lister was very influential in the development of the antiseptic technique (37).

36. Joseph Lister, photograph, Encyclopedia of World Biography, http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ki-Lo/Lister-Joseph.html.
37. "Joseph Lister," US History in Context, accessed February 20, 2015, http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic.
Photograph of Joseph Lister (36)
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