Joseph Lister and the Story of Antiseptics (Uncharted, Unexplored, and Unexplained) [Library Binding]

John Bankston (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Uncharted, Unexplored, and Unexplained

None of the doctors could figure it out. During the nineteenth century, surviving surgery was only half the battle. In many hospitals, 50 percent of amputees lived through their painful operations only to die soon afterward in their beds. Everyone had a theory for what doctors referred to as "hospitalism." But it was not until Joseph Lister and his pioneering work in antiseptic methods that death rates were greatly reduced after surgery. His work is so important that surgical history is divided into two eras: Before Lister and After Lister.

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About the Author

John Bankston was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and began publishing articles and magazines while still a teenager. Since then, he has written over 200 hundred articles, and contributed chapters to books such as Crimes of Passion, and Death Row 2000. He has written numerous biographies for young adults, including Joseph Lister and the Story of Antiseptics and Alexander Graham Bell and the Story of the Telephone (Mitchell Lane). He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Mitchell Lane Pub Inc (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584152621
• ISBN-13: 978-1584152620
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, John Bankston began writing professionally while still a teenager. Since then, over two hundred of his articles have been published in magazines and newspapers across the country, including travel articles in The Tallahassee Democrat, The Orlando Sentinel and The Tallahassean. He is the author of over sixty biographies for young adults, including works on Alexander the Great, scientist Stephen Hawking, actor Jodi Foster, and authors including Katherine Paterson, Ray Bradbury and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He currently lives in Newport Beach, California.