In 1865 this man first used carbolic acid as an antiseptic treatment on an open wound.
Joseph Lister
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Fleming
Edward Jenner
Joseph Lister. Known as the Father of Antiseptic Surgery, he used the acid to treat a compound fracture (where the broken bone pierces the skin). The patient survived and did not develop an infection as was common in untreated wounds of that type. Listerine mouthwash was named in his honor.