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{{item '''Lister's oil''' is a substance with antiseptic properties on [[Roshar]].{{book ref\|sa1\|10}}▼ \|type={{cat tag\|drugs\|Drug}} \|world=Roshar \|universe=[[Cosmere]] \|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] }} ▲'''Lister's oil''' is a substance ~~with antiseptic properties~~ on [[Roshar]] with antiseptic properties.{{book ref\|sa1\|10}} ==Properties and Use== 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== 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 likely refers to an out-of-universe historical figure named Joseph Lister.{{wp ref\|Joseph Lister}} He was an early pioneer of antiseptics and introduced phenol to sterilize wounds and surgical implements. == Notes == <references /> {{complete\|[[User:Big Smooth\|Big Smooth]] ([[User talk:Big Smooth\|talk]]) 17:30, 14 October 2019 (UTC)}} ~~{{stub}}~~ {{Stormlight}} [[Category: Drugs]]