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## Early life: George hogarth pringle, later an associate of joseph lister, was born in kintail, scotland in 1830. in 1854, he worked as a dresser at the royal infirmary, edinburgh with joseph lister. after serving in the crimean war, he settled in new south wales and began practice in parramatta. ## Pringle and antiseptic surgery: In october 1867, pringle performed the first operation in australia using the antiseptic principles advocated 6 months previously in the first of a series of articles published in the lancet by joseph lister. mystery surrounds how pringle was able to adopt lister's principles so quickly. lister and pringle had been friends in edinburgh and previous writers have hypothesized that the two men corresponded whilst another has suggested pringle was using antiseptic principles prior to lister's work being published. both these scenarios are unlikely. the lancet appears to have been available in australia within 4 months of publication. ## Conclusion: The conjunction of an appropriate case and the arrival of a recent copy of the lancet highlighting lister's work is the likely source of pringle's decision to apply antiseptic principles.

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Author

Hollands, Michael; Macintyre, Iain; Richardson, Arthur

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Blackwell Publishing; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1445-1433)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)