On August 12, 1865, British surgeon Joseph Lister [1] (pictured) performed the first antiseptic surgery using a carbolic acid (aka phenolic acid) solution spray on his instruments and bandages.
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On August 12, 1867, US President Andrew Johnson defied Congress when he suspended Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
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And on August 12, 1908, Henry Ford’s company built the first Model T car.
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Today’s feature article is an essay by our friend Brandon Smith, the Editor of the highly-recommended free site Alt-Market.us [2]. He is also the Editor of the by-subscription e-newsletter, The Wild Bunch Dispatch [3].
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We need more entries for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [4]. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 120 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail [5] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [6]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.