A Lister ‘steam spray producer’ in the possession of Aberdeen University is described. The introduction of antiseptic surgery to Aberdeen by Alexander Ogston and the subsequent adoption of the spray and its enthusiastic use by him is recounted, with emphasis on the final years of its employment as part of the antiseptic ritual.
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