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floating in the air, were suspended in water, and were 

 attached to the instruments and bandages that were used 

 in the treatment of wounds, he determined that it was 

 necessary, by using some germicidal reagent, to kill all such 

 suspended and adherent organisms before the various 

 materials mentioned were allowed to come in contact with 

 the wounded tissues. With a combination of experimental 

 resource, patience, and brilliancy almost unparalleled in the 

 history of surgical science, he, step by step, built up a theory 

 and practice of antiseptic surgery, a theory and practice 

 which rapidly revolutionized the treatment of wounds and 

 the routine of ward management. He thus introduced a 

 system which has affected the practice not only of those who 

 believe in its accuracy, but of those who cannot bring them- 

 selves to accept all its details, but who have nevertheless 

 accepted its principles, sometimes even unwittingly. 



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