Antiseptics in Surgery

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Antiseptics in Surgery

1861 - Louis Pasteur published Germ theory - he proved infection was caused by microbes in the air.

1864 - Lister discovered that carbolic acid could be used to kill microbes causing infection

1865 - Lister's first operation using carbolic acid

1867 - Lister…

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