| − | British physician Joseph Lister (1827-1912) applied [[Louis Pasteur]]'s germ theory of disease and implemented an antibacterial cleaning technique for hospital tools and facilities, greatly reducing the number of infections.
| + | Scottish physician Joseph Lister (1827-1912) applied [[Louis Pasteur]]'s germ theory of disease and implemented an antibacterial cleaning technique for hospital tools and facilities, greatly reducing the number of infections. |