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'''Lister's oil''' is a substance on [[Roshar]] with antiseptic properties.{{book ref|sa1|10}} |
'''Lister's oil''' is a substance on [[Roshar]] with antiseptic properties.{{book ref|sa1|10}} |
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| + | [[Lirin]] uses it extensively in his surgery, including on [[Sani]]'s injury.{{book ref|sa1|10}} It is rather expensive on the [[Shattered Plains]], costing two sapphire marks per bottle from the apothecary [[Kaladin]] visits.{{book ref|sa1|17}} It is used in the hospitals in [[Kharbranth]].{{book ref|sa1|48}} |
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| − | ==Properties and Use== |
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| − | It is a pungent oil that is spread across the wounded area to prevent infection.{{book ref|sa1|10}}{{book ref|sa1|48}} It is known to scare away [[rotspren]].{{book ref|sa1|10}} It is perhaps the most effective antiseptic known in Alethkar, and it is preferred to [[larmic mucus]], [[knobweed]] sap, and soap and water.{{book ref|sa1|10}}{{book ref|sa1|17}} |
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| − | ==History== |
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| − | Lister's oil was used in the hospitals in [[Kharbranth]].{{book ref|sa1|48}} [[Vathe]], a surgeon who was educated at the [[Great Concourse of Kharbranth]], knew of the effectiveness of lister's oil and trained his apprentice [[Lirin]] to use it.{{book ref|sa1|10}}{{book ref|sa1|17}} Lirin used it extensively in his surgery, including when he attended to [[Sani]]'s injury.{{book ref|sa1|10}} |
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| − | Lirin passed his knowledge of lister's oil on to [[Kaladin]]. Kaladin used it to treat wounds when it was available, and he often wished he had more of it.{{book ref|sa1|2}}{{book ref|sa1|17}} It was very expensive on the [[Shattered Plains]], costing two sapphire [[spheres|marks]] per bottle from an apothecary that Kaladin visited.{{book ref|sa1|17}} Kaladin commented that even a bottle of cheaper larmic mucus would cost him ten days pay, and a bottle of lister's oil was around five times more expensive.{{book ref|sa1|17}} |
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| − | [[Shallan Davar]] was treated with lister's oil in [[Kharbranth]] after cutting herself with a shard of broken glass.{{book ref|sa1|45}}{{book ref|sa1|48}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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