Ascorbic acid
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J.S.H.
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Article
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1934
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Elsevier Science
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English
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reviews the history and value of germicides or disinfectants, agents which destroy microorganisms. The introduction and use of germicides followed the foundation of bacteriology by Koch and Pasteur and the development of the germ theory of disease. Among the earliest germicides were iodine, mercuric