# Lisrerine, effective antiseptic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 19, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisrerine-effective-antiseptic/377029 "2006-10-19T01:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisrerine-effective-antiseptic/377029/1 "2006-10-19T01:15:42Z")
Say I was stranded on a desert island with Jennifer Lopez, a couple tond of MREs, and a big bottle of Lisretine. Further say that Jen’s chasing me on the beach lusting for more of my hot lovin’ and cuts her toe on a shell. Poor baby. ☹ After she has her bloody-toed way with me, would applying Listerine (to the toe, of course) do any good staving off infection? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisrerine-effective-antiseptic/377029/2 "2006-10-19T01:36:09Z")
At about 20% alcohol content I would say yes. Just to be sure you had best both drink the rest of the bottle and give her a foot massage in order to get back to hot loving to take her mind off of the pain. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisrerine-effective-antiseptic/377029/3 "2006-10-19T01:36:49Z")
I would be more interested in using the bottle to beat her away or at least save it to drink so that my beer goggles got thick enough to proceed. If you really want to help her get better, it could help. “First formulated by Dr Joseph Lawrence and Jordan Wheat Lambert in 1879 as a surgical antiseptic, it was given to dentists for oral care in 1895 and became the first over-the-counter mouthwash sold in the United States in 1914.” > **[Listerine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine)** > > Listerine is an American brand of antiseptic mouthwash that is promoted with the slogan "Kills germs that cause bad breath". Named after Joseph Lister, who pioneered antiseptic surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland, Listerine was developed in 1879 by Joseph Lawrence, a chemist in St. Louis, Missouri. > Originally marketed by the Lambert Pharmacal Company (which later became Warner–Lambert), Listerine has been manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson since that company's acqu... ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisrerine-effective-antiseptic/377029/4 "2006-10-19T01:46:00Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] I would be more interested in using the bottle to beat her away or at least save it to drink so that my beer goggles got thick enough to proceed. [/QUOTE] It’s pretty cold when someone named Shagnasty kicks JLo to the curb on a desert island. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisrerine-effective-antiseptic/377029/5 "2006-10-19T01:48:08Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] I would be more interested in using the bottle to beat her away or at least save it to drink so that my beer goggles got thick enough to proceed. If you really want to help her get better, it could help. “First formulated by Dr Joseph Lawrence and Jordan Wheat Lambert in 1879 as a surgical antiseptic, it was given to dentists for oral care in 1895 and became the first over-the-counter mouthwash sold in the United States in 1914.” > **[Listerine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine)** > > Listerine (/ˈlɪstəriːn/ LIST-ər-EEN) is an American brand of antiseptic mouthwash that is promoted with the slogan "Kills germs that cause bad breath". Named after Joseph Lister, who pioneered antiseptic surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in United Kingdom, Listerine was developed in 1879 by Joseph Lawrence, a chemist in St. Louis, Missouri. Originally marketed by the Lambert Pharmacal Company (which later became Warner–Lambert), Listerine has been manufactured and distributed by Johnson & J... [/QUOTE] Dang, **Shag** , you must be Da Bomb! It’s her big old butt, right? 😛 Given the choice between her and what’s-her-name from _Friends_, no contest IMO.