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Who started antiseptic surgery using carbolic acid as disinfectant?

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Louis Pasteur

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Joseph Lister

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Robert Koch

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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The correct option is B Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister started to use antiseptics while performing surgeries. The first antibiotic compound he used was carbolic acid.

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