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was a rebel with a cause. He went against his father's wishes to stay in business with his brothers. Instead, he used the knowledge and experience he'd gained to forge his own business, the Paul Hartmann Bleaching, Dyeing and Dressing Company. With dedicated partners from the medical field, including Sir Joseph Lister and Victor von Bruns, he created a dressing material company that would change the face of wound care management forever.

discovered a way to removing grease from cotton, allowing the material to absorb a much larger amount of liquid. This invention marked a crucial turning point in the history of wound care. It opened the door to absorbent cotton and the subsequent industrial production of cotton wool dressings by Paul Hartmann in 1873.

was an English surgeon. Inspired by Louis Pasteur's findings that wound infections were often caused by dangerous airborne microorganisms, he set out to find a solution. After several experiments he discovered that carbolic acid was a suitable disinfecting agent. He began soaking dressings in carbolic acid, creating the first ever antiseptic wound dressing. His invention was initially met with scepticism and rejection in England but Paul Hartmann Sr. recognised his genius. Together they developed the cost-effective carbolated gauze that would later be described as "the greatest turn in the history of surgery".