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listerism

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listerism /lis·ter·ism/ (lis´ter-izm) the principles and practice of antiseptic and aseptic surgery.
listerism
the principles and practice of antiseptic and aseptic surgery.


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If infection were a problem anywhere, he added, "we venture to say that in the best modern hospitals, where Listerism is carried out in a most rigorous way, sepsis occurs a hundredfold more than in the small crowded room where the Mohel is surgeon-in-chief.
 
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