Which British surgeon pioneered antiseptic surgery by using carbolic acid to sterilize instruments and clean wounds?
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Joseph Lister
Inspired by Louis Pasteur’s germ theory, Lister began using carbolic acid to sterilize surgical instruments and clean wounds. Before his innovations, surgeons rarely washed their hands between patients, and post-surgical infections were frequently fatal.
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