Antiseptic Collection

Verbena or Vervain, 1947. Drought-resistant plant valued in butterfly gardening with longstanding use in herbalism and folk medicine, usually as an herbal tea

Odol Mouth Competition
Advertisement for Odol mouthwash or liquid antiseptic dentifrice which features a competition to guess Whose Mouth Is It...? The first prize is 20

Plaster antiseptic pad, SEM
Plaster antiseptic pad. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the antiseptic pad on a plaster. Magnification: x16 at 6x7cm size

Kolynos Trade Card
Trade card for KOLYNOS dental cream, in the shape of a tube of toothpaste. It is described as cleansing - antiseptic - delicious

Lister / Begg / Iln
JOSEPH LISTER English surgeon, medical scientist and founder of antiseptic surgery

Operation / Lister Spray
Operation with Listers antiseptic spray in use

Joseph Lister, taken in the late 1860s. Date: late 1860s

Advert for Wright's Coal Tar soap
Advert for Wrights coal tar soap. Created by William Valentine Wright in 1860,  Wright's Coal Tar Soap was a popular brand of antiseptic soap designed to thoroughly cleanse the skin

Bristol Myers Co Ipana Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Bristol Myers Co, promoting their Ipana toothpaste, a cleansing, antiseptic, flavoursome product which refreshes the mouth delightfully. Date: circa 1923

Advertisement for Izal antiseptic (litho)
979326 Advertisement for Izal antiseptic (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Izal antiseptic)

Joseph Lister (b / w photo)
815934 Joseph Lister (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Lister (1827-1912)

La Messine Liqueur Hygienique Advertisment (colour litho)
6280474 La Messine Liqueur Hygienique Advertisment (colour litho) by Bouisset, Firmin (1859-1925); (add.info.: Advertisment poster for La Messine Liqueur Hygienique)

Joseph Lister, Lord Lister, portrait (b / w photo)
5999511 Joseph Lister, Lord Lister, portrait (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Lister, Lord Lister, portrait)

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, British surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery (litho)
5995817 Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, British surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery (litho) by Ouless, Walter William (1847-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Lister)

Spiked pepper or matico, Piper aduncum (Piper angustifolium). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

School Nurse - People You See. From Teddy Bear (15 January 1966). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1966

Appliances for the sick-room (engraving)
6005628 Appliances for the sick-room (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Appliances for the sick-room)

Sick Dog In Bed (chromolitho)
733440 Sick Dog In Bed (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sick Dog In Bed.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Competition for best poster advertising the French cleaning agent
CHT231088 Competition for best poster advertising the French cleaning agent Bi-Borax Oriental, 1898 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; French

Advertisement for Fluid Listerol, 1901 (colour litho)
CHT231084 Advertisement for Fluid Listerol, 1901 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912) engraved by Walker and Boutall (engraving) (b&w photo)
XJF119896 Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912) engraved by Walker and Boutall (engraving) (b&w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Poster advertising Packers Tar Soap (colour litho)
SNG130230 Poster advertising Packers Tar Soap (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; American, out of copyright

Otoscope

Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, 1926. Lister made important discoveries on the microscopical investigations of inflammation and the coagulation of blood

Joseph Lister, British surgeon, (20th century). Lister (1827-1912) pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery. He made important discoveries on the microscopical investigations of inflammation

Painting a wound with an antiseptic solution, c1890. From Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes (The Principal Illnesses and Their Remedies) by Jules Rengade. (Paris, c1890)

Joseph Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, c1867. Lister (1827-1912) pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery

Joseph Lister, English surgeon, on his ward round in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, c1867 (1927). A pioneer of antiseptic surgery

Ignaz Philip Semmelweis (1818-1865), Hungarian obstetrician, 19th century

French Advertisement C. 1916 For Gyraldose An Antiseptic Feminine Hygiene Product
French Advertisement C.1916 For Gyraldose An Antiseptic Feminine Hygiene Product

French Advertisement C. 1916 For PagA©ol An Energetic Urinary Antiseptic
French Advertisement C.1916 For Pageol An Energetic Urinary Antiseptic

Novio toilet paper advertisement, 1915
Advertisement for Novio, the finest toilet paper ever produced - antiseptic, thin, soft, strong and silky. Date: 1915

Disinfecting Apparatus
Apparatus for separate on - and dissipation

Advert for Mrs. Adair, Genesh Patent chin strap 1905
Genesh Patent chin strap, cures double chin, and takes away the line from nose to month. Strong straps to cure snoring and Domino straps to cure puffiness under eyes and takes away lines

Advert for Salt Regal 1889
Salt Regal for the hot weather. High-class antiseptic salt possessing hygienic properties. Dispensed in bottle is a white powder that mixed with water turns pink, cleanse the month

Bi-Borax Oriental
This lady uses Bi-Borax Oriental, an antiseptic detergent which cleans and purifies her skin : no wonder shes satisfied with what she sees in her mirror Date: 1891

Making sphagnum moss dressings, Dartmoor, WW1
A group of cutters and machinists at Princetown on Dartmoor making cases for sphagnum moss which would become surgical dressings during the First World War

Advert for Sanitas - family antiseptic for wounds 1937
Just a small wound but.... I never run the risk of blood poisoning. As soon as any member of my family gets a scratch or cut, let alone a more serious wound, I instantly apply Sanitas

Advertisement for Sanitas disinfectant, WW1
Wartime advertisement for Sanitas disinfectant, by appointment to King George V -- don t use German disinfectants. Sanitas Fluid for washing wounds, purifying the air of sick rooms, etc

Mobile Disinfecting Apparatus
Mobile Apparatus for separate on - and dissipation

AD: NEW-SKIN, 1919. American advertisement for New-Skin, 1919

Ignaz Philip Semmelweis (1818-1865) Hungarian obstetrician. Discovered cause of puerperal fever and introduced antiseptic measures in Vienna maternity hospital. Reduced mortality from 18.27% to 1.27%

Joseh Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, c1890. Photograph

Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon, on his ward round in Glasgow Royal Infirmary c1867. A pioneer of antiseptic surgery

Painting a wound with an antiseptic solution, c1890. From Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes (The Principal Illnesses and Their Remedies), Jules Rengade, (Paris, c1890). Print. Engraving

Balance being used by Indian Betel dealer to weigh his goods. The leaves of Piper betel are dried and used as an antiseptic and an astringent, and for many other medicinal purposes For chewing

Listers steam spray. This supplanted his Donkey Engine spray, and could fill a room with steam and carbolic vapor. From Richman Goodlee " Lord Lister", 1917

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Discover the power of antiseptic - a timeless solution for cleanliness and well-being. From Verbena or Vervain in 1947 to the Odol Mouth Competition, it has been an essential part of our lives. Whether it's the Plaster antiseptic pad captured under SEM or the Kolynos Trade Card showcasing its benefits, this remarkable product has stood the test of time. Remembering pioneers like Lister/Begg/Iln and their revolutionary Operation/Lister Spray, we honor Joseph Lister's groundbreaking work in the late 1860s. Advertisements like Wright's Coal Tar soap by Bristol Myers Co and Ipana by Kolynos Trade Card highlight how antiseptic became a household name. The Vinolia Company Sprinko Advertisement reminds us that even toilet paper embraced this powerful ingredient as early as 1915. Embrace the legacy - a symbol of hygiene and protection throughout history.