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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1007156" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day, 12 August 1865, Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use disinfectant during surgery. Hmm. Joseph Lister. That name rings a bell. Yep. Same Joseph Lister as the one whose name is on those bottles of Listerine mouthwash.Imagine though, before that they would open you up and use dirty hands to operate.This break through was was not widley known or accepted though.Less than four months after his inauguration, President Garfield arrived at the Washington railroad depot on July 2, 1881, to catch a train for a summer&#039;s retreat on the New Jersey seashore. As Garfield made his way through the station, Charles Guiteau raced from the shadows and fired two shots point blank into the president.Leading doctors of the age flocked to Washington to aid in his recovery, sixteen in all. Most probed the wound with their fingers or dirty instruments. He died from infection and all the probing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1007156, member: 38206"] [B]On this day, 12 August 1865, Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use disinfectant during surgery. Hmm. Joseph Lister. That name rings a bell. Yep. Same Joseph Lister as the one whose name is on those bottles of Listerine mouthwash. Imagine though, before that they would open you up and use dirty hands to operate. This break through was was not widley known or accepted though. Less than four months after his inauguration, President Garfield arrived at the Washington railroad depot on July 2, 1881, to catch a train for a summer's retreat on the New Jersey seashore. As Garfield made his way through the station, Charles Guiteau raced from the shadows and fired two shots point blank into the president. Leading doctors of the age flocked to Washington to aid in his recovery, sixteen in all. [U]Most probed the wound with their fingers or dirty instruments. [/U] He died from infection and all the probing. [/B] [/QUOTE]

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