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2025-10-23 Science & Technology

How Germ Theory Sparked The Sanitary Revolution... And Life Expectancy Skyrocketed

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-10-23 07:18|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1795 views ] Top

1 Mr. Lister, there are no such things as germs.
The science is settled.
In this house, we trust the experts!

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-10-23 08:07|| 2025-10-23 08:07|| Front Page Top

2 Red Dwarf, Jairong? An unexpected play — you have hidden shallows, indeed.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-10-23 09:32|| 2025-10-23 09:32|| Front Page Top

3 I don't think he was talking about Dave Lister, TW.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-10-23 09:59|| 2025-10-23 09:59|| Front Page Top

4 How disappointing – that’s the only Mr. Lister I know, ed.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-10-23 16:58|| 2025-10-23 16:58|| Front Page Top

5 How about some nice delicious toast!

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2025-10-23 17:08|| 2025-10-23 17:08|| Front Page Top

6 I can see how one might think of Dave Lister when the subject of germs comes up.
Joseph Lister was one of those germ theory of disease wackos, a gig that he parlayed into becoming the godfather of modern surgery.

Posted by SteveS 2025-10-23 18:59|| 2025-10-23 18:59|| Front Page Top

7 In that case, SteveS, Jairong displays hidden depths rather than shallows. This has been a humblingly educational thread, so I am much pleased, indeed. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2025-10-23 21:26|| 2025-10-23 21:26|| Front Page Top

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