Antiseptics
Medical aspect2020-11-20
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Antiseptics (Latin anti - against, septicus - rotting) is a system of measures aimed at destroying microorganisms in a wound, pathological focus, organs and tissues, as well as in the patient’s body as a whole, using mechanical and physical methods of influence, active chemicals and biological factors.
The term was introduced in 1750 by the English surgeon J. Pringle, who described the antiseptic effect of quinine.