antiseptics
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There were no antibiotics to fight infectious diseases, no reliable antiseptics or anesthetics for surgeries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Garlic extract has been found to offer antimicrobial effects that are on par with commonly used antiseptics and disinfectants such as chlorhexidine, according to medical researchers at the University of Sharjah.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
Les spent long hours in the surgical theater, which in Macclesfield had little in the way of ventilation, and Joy typically found that he came home smelling of anesthetics, antiseptics and blood.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024
It sells over-the-counter antiseptics and laxatives, according to court documents.
From Reuters • May 23, 2023
Hourly she regretted her ignorance of medicine that left her with no conceivable remedy for all the aching and gnawing that worried and weakened him, except bathing with antiseptics and a liberal use of quinine.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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