British surgeon. His demonstration that carbolic acid was an effective antiseptic agent eventually led to surgical practices that decreased postoperative fatalities from infection. |
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n. A plow equipped with a double moldboard that turns up the soil on each side of the furrow, often having an attached drill for seed planting. [From LIST2.] |
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