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Antiseptic: Joseph Lister (1827–1912)

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  • The “father of antiseptic surgery” was working as house surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary when he initiated the procedure of soaking instruments and surgical gauzes in carbolic acid. Results were miraculous, doing much to prevent fatal infections following operations.

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