Johnson & Johnson
, founding of
“Like the inventor of Listerine, Robert Wood Johnson first became aware of antisepsis when he attended Lister’s lecture at the International Medical Conference in Philadelphia. Inspired by what he had heard that day, Johnson joined forces with his two brothers James and Edward, and founded a company to manufacture the first sterile surgical dressings and suture mass-produced according to Lister’s method. They name it Johnson & Johnson”2013
(Fitzharris, 231).