One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

Joseph Lister published a paper with results announcing his antiseptic system in The Lancet. What followed was a series of ...

In late January 1901, a new courthouse, which would feature electric lighting, indoor plumbing and a grand staircase, was ...

in which he introduced the use of carbolic acid (phenol) as an antiseptic. This breakthrough significantly reduced the incidence of post-operative infections, marking a turning point in surgical ...

The common salt is a necessary consti-;uent of the blood, and the water and carbolic acid are dissipated by the heat of baking; ;he latter being retained by the pores or vesi-:les of the bread ...

If not strychnine, some snake-handling churches keep a flask of carbolic acid at the altar instead. Wolford, 44, died May 27, about eight hours after being bitten by one of his poisonous yellow timber ...