asepsis is an ideal condition which, although not always possible in animal surgery, is highly important in connection with the mechanical details of all surgical operations in proportion to the nature and seriousness of the same.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The milk and butter especially must receive care equaled only by surgical asepsis.
"Our Nervous Friends Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness"
Robert S. Carroll
So that the least that one could do was to scheme to get the precious egg by private barter with the natives, and to find the silk pillow that spelt comfort, but was the anathema of asepsis.
"Sketches of the East Africa Campaign"
Robert Valentine Dolbey