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antisepsis

[an-tuh-sep-sis] / ˌæn təˈsɛp sɪs /


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At the time, Joseph Lister’s pioneering antisepsis work in Britain was known to American doctors.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

The emergence of surgery from its barbaric past rested on four pillars: the understanding of anatomy, the control of bleeding, anesthesia and antisepsis.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2022

The tragic delay in implementing antisepsis should remind us of our obligation to see truth for what it is, regardless of the social niceties of the creative genius.

From Scientific American Feb. 3, 2018

Conan Doyle references Lister's use of carbolic acid for antisepsis in the 1892 story 'The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb', when Watson uses it while dressing a wound.

From Nature Sep. 19, 2017

I mean the theory and practice of antisepsis in surgery.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith




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