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 ...

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 ...

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

For over a century, historians have concluded that much of Muncie’s gas boom-era open vice was concentrated in a red-light ...

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 ...

It goes without saying that modern medicine would look very different if it hadn’t been for these 15 medical inventions and discoveries of the 1800s.