DISINFECTION. 405 



and will be the most efficient means of distributing the dis- 

 eases. It is to the destruction of such secretions that disinfec- 

 tion must be primarily directed. Sometimes such disinfection 

 offers no difficulty. The feces or urine may be readily disin- 

 fected by chloride of lime or even, in the case of animal excre- 

 ment, by common slacked lime, used in large quantity. Pre- 

 cautions must be taken to prevent these excretions from being 

 carried around upon the boots of. attendants, and especial care 

 must be used to prevent their obtaining access to any source of 

 water supply. Where the excretions are from the skin, as in 

 the case of scarlet fever or small-pox, the difficulty of disin- 

 fection is great and practically insurmountable. Much may 

 be done, even in these cases, by bathing the skin, or by keeping 

 it moistened with glycerine. 



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