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Ep 107 Sepsis: It's a mess

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Lister's Inflammation in Wounds

As Lister neared the end of his medical training, he was given awards and accolades. He couldn't decide whether he wanted to go into medicine or surgery. So one of his professors recommended he spend some time in Edinburgh with clinical surgeon James Syme. What was supposed to be a month long stay turned into years as Syme became not only Lister's respected mentor, but eventually father in law. In Scotland, he fell back in love with surgery and dove back into the topic that had first grabbed his attention: inflammation in wounds.

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