Multiple choice

Who among the following introduced antiseptic surgery in medical science?

  1. John Dalton

  2. Joseph Priestley

  3. Joseph Lister

  4. William Ramsay

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Explanation

Joseph Lister pioneered antiseptic surgery in the 1860s by introducing carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and clean wounds. This dramatically reduced infection rates and mortality from surgery. Lister's work established the principle that microorganisms cause surgical infections and can be killed by antiseptics.