Joseph Lister

The operating theatre should be a sanctuary.

My legacy is in the lives saved.

Carbolic acid is the guardian of wounds.

Medicine is an art informed by science.

I have seen death retreat before cleanliness.

The path to knowledge is paved with experiments.

Surgeons must evolve with their tools.

In quiet reflection, I find peace in my work.

Antiseptic surgery is the dawn of a new era.

Critics will fade; progress endures.

The healer's hand must be guided by reason.

Every operation is a battle against microbes.

I owe my success to observation and persistence.

The wound's enemy is neglect.

Science is my religion.

In the lab, truth reveals itself slowly.

Surgery demands both skill and humility.

My final words: Continue the fight against infection.

Pasteur's light guided my path.

The future surgeon will laugh at our crude methods.