An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

LISTER, Joseph Jackson

3 entries
  • 13262

Notice of some microscopic observations of the blood and animal tissues.

Philosophical Magazine, new ser., 2, 130-138, 1827.

Hodgkin and Lister determined that blood cells are bioconcave discs and accurately measured their diameter as "1/5000 of an inch."  Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.



Subjects: HEMATOLOGY, Microscopy
  • 267

On some properties in achromatic object-glasses applicable to the improvement of the microscope.

Phil. Trans., 120, 187-200, 1830.

The principle of the modern microscope was worked out by Joseph Jackson Lister, father of Lord Joseph Lister. His important improvements in achromatic lenses make him one of the most prominent figures in the history of modern microscopy.



Subjects: Microscopy
  • 12197

On the influence of physical agents on life, by W. F. Edwards. Translated from the French by Dr. Hodgkin and Dr. Fisher. To which are added, in the appendix, some observations on electricity by Dr. Edwards, M. Pouillet, and Luke Howard; on absorption, and the uses of the spleen, by Dr. Hodgkin; on the microscopic characters of the animal tissues and fluids, by J. J. Lister and Dr. Hodgkin, and some notes to the work of Dr. Edwards.

London: S. Highley, 1832.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.



Subjects: BIOLOGY › Ecology / Environment, PHYSIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY › Environmental Physiology