{"date":"July 27","id":"07-27","intro":["The use of antiseptics in surgery is new. Hardly more than a half century ago surgeons operated in frock coats. Lord Lister, surgeon to Queen Victoria, was among the first to advocate scrupulous cleanliness in dressing wounds."],"minutes":21,"readings":[{"author":"Joseph Lister","end":267,"start":257,"volume":38,"work":"On the Antiseptic Principles"}],"slug":"july-27","status":"proofread","title":"Once Surgeons Operated in Frock Coats","url":"/harvard-classics/july-27/","words":4250}