#OnThisDay Tuesday 12th August 2014 - #Disinfectant was used during surgery for the first time by #JosephLister on this day in 1865...

Aug 12, 2014, 03:02 PM

The #OnThisDay take on the anniversary of the first use of #disinfectant during an operation on this day in 1865. The system became known as the #Lister method after Joseph Lister, the surgeon who conducted this ground breaking #surgery and introduced new levels of cleanliness during surgical procedures...

'On This Day...Tuesday 12th August 2014' Written, performed, edited and produced by Richard Usher

'On This Day...Tuesday 12th August 2014' © Larynx Productions and Richard Usher 2014