The implications of Pasteur's work on fermentation were that

巴斯德关于发酵的研究的外科学意义在于
you could have an analogy.

我们来做一下类比
If Pasteur was right, there was no spontaneous generation.

如果巴斯德的理论正确那么感染和
An airborne microorganism penetrated the wound

败血症就不是自体产生而是空气中的
and caused infection or septicemia.

微生物通过伤口进入人体而造成
The remedy was to prevent the penetration of the microorganism,

那么防止微生物进入体内就能解决问题
the idea of antisepsis.

这便是抗菌术的概念
So, Lister accepted Pasteur's insight

李斯特接受巴斯德的观点
that infections were not a chemical reaction,

认为感染不是伤口暴露在空气中
caused by oxidation when air touched a wound.

而产生的氧化反应
Instead, infection was the result of contamination,

而是外在的微生物
from the outside, of the wound by microorganisms.

污染伤口所导致的