John Wood, FRCS, FRS (12 October 1825 – 29 December 1891) was a British surgeon at King's College Hospital. He was an expert on

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s, and an early investigator of the antiseptic practices pioneered by

Joseph Lister Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, (5 April 182710 February 1912) was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine. Joseph Lister revolutionised the craft of s ...

, the topic of his 1885 Bradshaw Lecture.

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1825 births 1891 deaths British surgeons Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Fellows of the Royal Society Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery {{UK-med-bio-stub