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jan 4, 1867 - Joseph Lister antiseptic

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Joseph Lister experimented with carbolic acid spray to produce the first antiseptic. This greatly reduced the chances of patients dying from infection developed during operations. However, there was opposition, because some scientists still didn't believe in Pasteur's germ theory.

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