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Which substance did French surgeons adopt as an early antiseptic in the 1860s?
AHydrochloric acid
BCarbolic acid
CSulphuric acid
DNitric acid
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Carbolic acid
Carbolic acid, now called phenol, was taken up by French surgeons and reduced surgical infection rates.
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