WASH YOUR HANDS … AND DON’T GIVE DR. LISTER ANY LIP ABOUT IT: On this day in 1827, Joseph Lister, the father of modern antiseptic surgery, was born. Lister had the idea that surgeons could prevent infecting their patients by washing and disinfecting their hands with carbolic acid before surgery. This idea earned him ridicule—until people started noticing that it did indeed help.
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