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On this site stood the surgical wards in which from 1861 to 1869 Joseph Lister surgeon to the Royal Infirmary and Regius Professor of Surgery in the University of Glasgow initiated the method of antiseptic treatment
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Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84-106 Castle Street, G4 0SF
Photograph by T. Nugent
Photograph by T. Nugent
This plaque marks the site where Joseph Lister initiated antiseptic treatment.