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Glass flask containing urine prepared by Joseph Lister, Unit
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Glass flask containing urine prepared by Joseph Lister, Unit
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This glass flask was used by Joseph Lister (1827-1912) in his experiments on putrefaction. He boiled urine in flasks of different types. Some had straight necks and others were twisted and bent. Urine in the straight-necked flasks decomposed but the twisted-neck flask, where dust had been caught, remained unchanged. This led Lister, like Pasteur before him, to conclude that “something in the air” or “germs” caused decomposition. From this Lister supposed that germs were the cause of infection, which led him to develop antisepsis. Later, Lister used his flasks as teaching aids in the lecture hall.

maker: Lister, Baron Lister, Joseph

Place made: United Kingdom

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Keywords: flask; Microbiology; germ; putrefaction; Antisepsis; Bacteriology
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  • Library reference: Science Museum A629468
  • Photo number: L0058254
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