Have you ever been in your bathroom looking around at products and wondering where all of them came from?

Like why is Colgate called Colgate?

Why is that shampoo safe for tears when in actuality there's a lot of tears?

Or why Listerine is called this weird name of Listerine. Well, it turns out the

creator of Listerine, Dr. Joseph Lawrence, wanted to name his work after a scientist who

paved the way for antiseptic practice.

That's right, this doctor was named Dr Joseph Lister.

He was an English physician and surgeon.

He actually became the first surgeon to perform an operation in a chamber,

sterilized with pulverize antiseptic.

This then paved the way for revolutionizing surgery and microbiology as we know it today.

Dr Lisser was a big fan of our friend Louis Pasteur.

That's right, he's responsible for making sure that milk in your cereal at the end of the night

remains fresh and doesn't actually get you sick.

You see, Pasteur suggested three methods. remains fresh and doesn't actually get you sick.

You see, pasture suggested three methods to eliminate microorganisms,

filtration, exposure to heat,

or exposure to certain solutions and chemicals.

Now the first two methods suggested by pasture

were unsuitable for the treatment of human tissues. Dr Lister then

decided to test his theory by spraying his instruments, the surgical incisions

and dressings with a solution of carbolic acid.

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