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In 1500 BC, hunter-gatherers used herbal remedies which was followed by the realization of the need for hygiene.
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Honey was used as an antibacterial property
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An English surgeon began using Phenol to sterilize his instruments.
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Robert Johnson of Johnson&Johnson began producing gauze and wound dressings treated with iodine.
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Bacitracin was discovered during WWI
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Chemist Ernst von Bermann introduced heat sterilization during WWI
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Discovered by doctors during WWI
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Chemist Henry Dakin used Sodium Hypochlorate and Boric Acid to wash out the wounds of soldiers in WWI.
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WWI doctors realized that they could use fire to sterilize objects.
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Johnson&Johnson founded Neosporin by adding Polymoxin B to Bacitracin and Neomyocin and patroleum jelly
