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j^otash. Immediately succeeding this mechanical cleansing the 

 chemical and other appliances are brought into application. 



First, the fumigation with siilphurons acid evolved from 

 burning sulphur is to be recommended, from its thorough 

 penetrating and diffusive character. To be successfully done 

 the stable must be rendered tolerably close, so as to prevent 

 the egress of the vapour, which is readily obtained from burn- 

 ing sulphur in separate iron or earthenware vessels distributed 

 throughout the building. The doors ought to be kept close 

 until the vapour has been well distributed and had a suffi- 

 ciently long contact with the walls. Chlorine gas, generated 

 from treating the black oxide of manganese with hydro- 

 chloric acid, is also an efficient disinfectant of the gaseous form. 

 And seeing that in all processes of disinfection thoroughness 

 and certainty in the destruction of the virus or infecting 

 agent are most surely obtained by varjdng the disinfecting 

 agents employed rather than by employing an extra amount 

 of any one, it will, after the fumigation, be a wise plan to wash 

 the walls, the floors, the whole of the woodwork and iron 

 fittings with a mixture of carbolic acid and water, in the pro- 

 portion of six or ten ounces of the acid to the gallon of water. 

 This mixture may also be further used in slacking the caustic 

 lime with which the walls ought to be finally washed ; it also 

 ought to be repeated over the permanent fittings which are 

 not removed. Having done all this, the stable ought not to 

 be occupied until exposed for some time to the action of the 

 air by allowing the doors and windows to remain open. 



At this time also attention must be directed to the drains 

 of the stable : see that no foul material is allowed to obtain a 

 lodgment there, and flush them first with water, followed by a 

 mixture of carbolic acid in water, or a solution of chloride of 

 lime or sulphuric acid. 



All stable utensils which are not capable of being thoroughly 

 disinfected with hot water, chemical mixtures, or by passing 

 through the fire, or which are of little value, ought to be 

 destroyed by fire. Horse-clothing, harness, and other articles 

 which have been in contact with diseased or suspected animals, 

 must, if retained for further use, be well steeped and washed in 

 hot water and soda, disinfected by fumigation, and exposed to 

 the air for some days ere being used. Stables of wood of a 



