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Q: Carbolic acid is used in surgery for what reason?
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Do most microorganisums cause deseies?

Yes. If surgeon's or doctor's do not use carbolic acid before they perform surgery most microorganisms cause disease if carbolic acid is not used to sterilize the proper surgery tools


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Joseph Lister used Carbolic Acid (Phenol) as an antiseptic during surgery.


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What was Joseph Lister's discovery?

Joseph Lister is credited with the discovery of carbolic acid which is used to sterilize surgical instruments. He is considered a pioneer in the area of antiseptic surgery.


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How did lord lister kill germs?

Lord Lister used carbolic acid as a disinfectant during surgeries.


What acid is used as an antiseptic?

You mean carbolic acid. This is more properly referred to as phenol, and although it was the original antiseptic used by Joseph Lister, it is seldom used now as we have safer alternatives.


What did Joseph Lister use sterile surgery for?

Type your answer here...He had researched gangrene and infection, Lister had seen carbolic spray used to treat sewage, after experiments he found that a thin mist of carbolic acid sprayed over the wound during surgery limited infection. By following this with careful bandaging the wound would heal without any gangrene or infection.


What did weismann invent?

weismann was a surgeon who invented a pump spray of carbolic acid to be used in operating rooms in 1869.


What did Joseph Lister discover to kill germs?

He used carbolic acid to sterilize surgical equipment, and also insisted on the use of clean gowns, closed windows in the operating theatre, and sterilizing the room and its surroundings prior to surgery. Post surgery, he maintained a similar vigilance on the need for sterile environments. It was mistakenly believed that risks occurred during surgeries and less so afterwards. He helped changed this view.