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'''Lister's oil''' is a substance with antiseptic properties on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|10}}
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'''Lister's oil''' is a substance with antiseptic properties on [[Roshar]] with antiseptic properties.{{book ref|sa1|10}}
 
==Properties and Use==
[[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}}
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}}
 
==History==
The name seems to refer to Joseph Lister, out of universe. He was an early pioneer of antiseptics and introduced phenol to sterilize wounds and surgical implements.
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}}
 
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}}
 
[[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}}
 
==Trivia==
*The name seemslikely refers to referan toout-of-universe Josephhistorical Lister,figure outnamed ofJoseph universeLister.{{wp ref|Joseph Lister}} He was an early pioneer of antiseptics and introduced phenol to sterilize wounds and surgical implements.
 
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