The surgeon who advocated using disinfectants on hands and in the air prior to surgery was

A. Louis Pasteur.
B. Joseph Lister.
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
D. Robert Koch.
E. Ignaz Semmelweis.


Answer: B

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