who killed herself with carbolic acid, surely ought to stir this community to action in regard to the sale of that poison and the passage of a law restricting its sale to properly prepared ...

An example of a machine used by Lister to spray carbolic acid into the air when he was carrying out an operation This proved that antiseptic surgery significantly reduced the risk of infection ...

He read about Pasteur’s work on germ theory. He experimented using a chemical, carbolic acid, to soak bandages before applying them to a wound. He found that it prevented infection and helped ...

Last week, came the announce-ment that they had found and tested such a germicide-hexylresorcinol, 50 times as powerful as carbolic acid. Dr. Leonard began his experiments with carbolic acid ...