In 1865 Joseph Lister began using carbolic acid as this, from the Latin for "against putrefaction"
In 1865, Villemin 
communicated to the Acadmie des Sciences his ...... Pasteur's study of rabies 
began in 1880; and the date of the first case treatedJoseph... [DOC] [TLE] Disinfection and Decontamination - Scribd [PAR] Reprinted material is quoted with permission, and sources are indicated.