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Vintage Sunday Times Magazine February 19th 1967
The Man who made Surgery safe – Lister : the Quiet Revolutionary – Up to the first half of the last century, hospitals were more like death-houses. But 100 years ago next month, reports which were to revolutionise medicine were published in The Lancet. They were the work of Joseph Lister and described the use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic in surgery. Before Lister’s time infection was expected as a natural event and patients were lucky to avoid dying after even the simplest operation; ‘hospital gangrene’ and blood poisoning were the rule. Following the antiseptic break-through, they could expect to live – and the way was open for more ambitious surgery. This is how it came about. Commentary by Derek Jewell and Dr Alfred Byrne – Photographs by Ian Yeomans – Research by Gilda Archer and June Stanier – 6 pages
The Boeing Boom – Every 12 seconds, somewhere, a Boeing jet is landing or taking off. The SST is their answer to Concord. Peter Dunn examines the growth influence and philosophy of America’s aircraft giant. Photographs John Bulmer – 6 pages
THE BOSTON STRANGLER-END OF THE SEARCH – ENTER THE MEASURING MAN
Albert DeSalvo, a mental patient in a Boston hospital, was last month sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of assaults on women. Before his trial he confessed to psychiatrists that he was the Boston Strangler-the man who murdered 11 women, terrorised the city for more than a year and sparked off one of the greatest manhunts in criminal history. The charges at last month’s hearings made no mention of the murders-but with DeSalvo’s imprisonment it looks as if the file is closed. Here, in our third extract from Gerold Frank’s The Boston Strangler, is the incredible story of Albert DeSalvo, the man the police overlooked – 3 pages
Pick up your bike and run – 2 page feature on cyclo-cross – Commentary by Malcolm Winston – Photographs by Gerry Cranham
Shopping Around – 2 page consumer feature by Meriel McCooey – photographs by Ian Yeomans
40 pages. This issue is in very good condition throughout for age. There are however some marks, very minor creasing and edge damage in places
