| 词汇 | listerine |
| 词源 | Listerine. A trademark that is practically synonymous today with “mouthwash,” Listerine takes its name from Joseph Lister, first Baron Lister (1827–1912), famous for founding antiseptic surgery. Basing his methods on Pasteur’s theory that bacteria cause infection, Lister in 1865 used a mixture containing car- bolic acid as a germicide and invented methods of applying it to wounds and incisions, such procedures greatly reducing postoperative fatalities from infection. Lord Lister, who became president of the Royal Society, tried unsuccessfully to disasso- ciate his name from Listerine when the product was first mar- keted, much preferring to see himself commemorated by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in London, of which he was a founder. Lister is also credited with inventing the forceps, a serrated surgical saw called the lister, and many other surgical instruments. |
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