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Innovator who catalogued antiseptics? (6)

Ross

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lister

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'innovator who catalogued antiseptics?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for lister that I've seen before include "surgeon?" , "Plough" , "Pioneer of antiseptic surgery" , "Man introducing antiseptics" , "One with leanings" .)

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