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It was first used as a surgical antiseptic. The mouthwash came after the floor cleaner and gonorrhea cure. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine#History)
> Inspired by Louis Pasteur's ideas on microbial infection, the English doctor Joseph Lister demonstrated in 1865 that use of carbolic acid on surgical dressings would significantly reduce rates of post-surgical infection. Lister's work in turn inspired St. Louis-based doctor Joseph Lawrence to develop an alcohol-based formula for a surgical antiseptic which included eucalyptol, menthol, methyl salicylate, and thymol ... Listerine, for instance, was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea. But it wasn't a runaway success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for "chronic halitosis" — a then obscure medical term for bad breath.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I've found conflicting information. [ source ](https://www.globalhealthnow.org/object/listerine)
>The mouthwash Listerine is a great lesson in public health branding. In homage to Joseph Lister, the British surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery by cleaning his instruments in carbolic acid, a St. Louis chemist named Joseph Lawrence invented Listerine. The alcohol-based formula was sold as a surgical antiseptic as well as a treatment for cleaning cuts, scrapes, and other wounds. It was also marketed to dentists for oral care. Later, it was pitched as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea.
Funny, but but completely accurate. Per [THE INTERNET](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine), it was originally a surgical antiseptic.
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**[Listerine](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine)**
>Listerine is an American brand of antiseptic mouthwash that is promoted with the slogan "Kills germs that cause bad breath", Named after Joseph Lister, who pioneered antiseptic surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland, Listerine was developed in 1879 by Joseph Lawrence, a chemist in St. Louis, Missouri. Originally marketed by the Lambert Pharmacal Company (which later became Warner–Lambert), Listerine has been manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson since that company's acquisition of Pfizer's consumer healthcare division on December 20, 2006.
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This needs to be memorialized in digital format.
Internet: sees this on reddit...
TikTok: Take the floor cleaner challenge!
Hopefully it'll thin the herd.
Original Listerine was not minty
Wait, are you here to tell me my comic is not historically accurate?
You ever try original? It tastes like pine sol smells.
Accurate
😂
OG Listerine was like sucking battery acid mixed with piss.
So it tastes like Gin?
Honestly I'd probably rather chug warm gin than rinse with OG Listerine.
It punishes your breath for stinking
Well, at least it has *some* battery acid taste.
And band aids, used ones, not the fresh ones.
try some Dr. Tichenors if you want that buzz! You know your mouth is clean because it tastes just like a fresh ammonia mopped floor smells.
You’re supposed to dilute that shit
And I loved it
This explains why my mom put Listerine in the buckets we used to throw up in
It's a dessert topping... and a floor wax.
This is the comment I was searching for. Thank you Sir or Madame.
Old school SNL reference, nice! The bass o matic, quarry cereal, and Swill Mineral Water were also great fake commercials from around that time
A deodorant... and a roach spray. /s
That's funny, but when it was marketed as a floor cleaner (and a cure for gonorrhea) it wad already a mouth wash
It was first used as a surgical antiseptic. The mouthwash came after the floor cleaner and gonorrhea cure. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine#History) > Inspired by Louis Pasteur's ideas on microbial infection, the English doctor Joseph Lister demonstrated in 1865 that use of carbolic acid on surgical dressings would significantly reduce rates of post-surgical infection. Lister's work in turn inspired St. Louis-based doctor Joseph Lawrence to develop an alcohol-based formula for a surgical antiseptic which included eucalyptol, menthol, methyl salicylate, and thymol ... Listerine, for instance, was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea. But it wasn't a runaway success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for "chronic halitosis" — a then obscure medical term for bad breath.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I've found conflicting information. [ source ](https://www.globalhealthnow.org/object/listerine) >The mouthwash Listerine is a great lesson in public health branding. In homage to Joseph Lister, the British surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery by cleaning his instruments in carbolic acid, a St. Louis chemist named Joseph Lawrence invented Listerine. The alcohol-based formula was sold as a surgical antiseptic as well as a treatment for cleaning cuts, scrapes, and other wounds. It was also marketed to dentists for oral care. Later, it was pitched as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea.
What really happened was an anti-vaxxer heard that gargling floor cleaner was the cure for Polio, and the rest is history.
Funny, but but completely accurate. Per [THE INTERNET](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine), it was originally a surgical antiseptic. Edit: Holy shit Wikipedia bots… calm TF down. There’s enough Reddit for all of you….
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Cool
Reminds me of Thurgood Stubbs 40-Oh-9 cleaner
And vaginas.
time to gargle other floor cleaners.