Ogston’s carbolic spray (ABDUA:38854)
AssociatedAssociated with
Sir Alexander Ogston
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1844 - 1929)
Date1880
ClassificationsMedicine and Healthcare
AcquisitionUniversity of Aberdeen Museums & Special Collections.
CopyrightImages reproduced with the permission of University of Aberdeen Museums & Special Collections.
LocationOn Display - Provost Skene's House
Object numberX000633
About MeThis is the carbolic spray dating from 1880, which Alexander Ogston used as an antiseptic in his operating theatre to kill bacteria, including the staphylococcus organism which he discovered. For more information about this object, which belongs to the collection of the University of Aberdeen Museums & Special Collections, visit:
https://calm.abdn.ac.uk/museums/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=ABDUA%3a38854
Sir Alexander Ogston
Sir Alexander Ogston
Sir Alexander Ogston
Sir Alexander Ogston
