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theory of
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Louis Pasteur is credited with the process of pasteurization which removes
pathogens from consumable liquids, reducing contamination and subsequent
illness.
The papers that Pasteur published regarding the germ theory of disease and
disproving the theory of spontaneous generation were read by his
contemporary Joseph Lister, a surgeon battling high post-surgical mortality in
his patients.
Lister had studied inflammation and suspected that wound sepsis was caused
by an infectious agent in the air. Pasteur's work solidified his hypotheses so he
began to use phenol before performing an operation, drastically reducing the
number of deaths in patients following surgery.
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