Multiple choice

Which among the following scientists laid the foundation of modern surgery by using an antiseptic?

  1. Lord Lister

  2. Hargobind Khorana

  3. S. Chandrashekhar

  4. Norman Lockyer
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Explanation

Lord Joseph Lister pioneered antiseptic surgery in the 1860s by using carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize instruments and clean wounds, dramatically reducing infection rates and laying foundations for modern surgical practice.

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