Lister understood that being in a hospital could be a terrifying experience and followed his own golden rule: “Every patient, even the most degraded, should be treated with the same care and regard as though he were the Prince of Wales himself.” He went above and beyond the call of duty when it came to putting at ease the children who were admitted to his wards. Lister’s house surgeon Douglas Guthrie related a touching story later in life about a little girl who came into the hospital suffering from an abscess of the knee. After Lister treated and dressed her wound, the girl held up her doll
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