| Date | 1834 |
| Author | Runge |
| Contribution | Isolated carbolic acid. |
| Reference | Garrison |
| Notes | It was to become a major antiseptic, before and after the Germ Theory. See Thom, Great Moments in Medicine, p. 115. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | General |
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