Letters to his brother Arthur
- Date:
- 1869-1876
- Reference:
- MS.6191
- Part of:
- Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron (1827-1912), and the Lister family
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letters from Lister to his brother Arthur Lister, describing the result of an experiment with catgut ligatures applied to the artery of a calf (with a pen and ink drawing), 1869; reporting the successful use of antiseptic methods by Johann von Nussbaum in Munich, 1875; and on the preparation of catgut with chromic acid, 1876.
Publication/Creation
1869-1876
Physical description
3 items
Acquisition note
Acquired from the Misses Lister, daughters of Arthur Lister, 1927.
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores