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And he was also famous for being the first surgeon to use catgut ligatures, sutures, rubber drains, and developing an aortic tourniquet. Less successfully, he introduced a diluted spray of carbolic acid in tandem with its surgical use, he however went on to recant the carbolic acid spays usefulness in the 1890s as it seemed non-beneficial to the surgery. The only reactions that were reported were minor negative symptoms like coughing, irritation of the eye, and minor tissue damage among his patients who were exposed to the carbolic acid sprays during the surgery.