TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART III. 



DESTRUCTION OF DISEASE GERMS AND 



THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES 



CAUSED BY THEM. 



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Chlorine, sulphurous acid, and sulphurous acid gas ... ... 263 



Other volatile vapours Pitch and tar ... ... ... ... 265 



Carbolic acid ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 266 



MR. CROOKES' OBSERVATIONS ON DISINFECTANTS. 



Disinfectants of value in cattle plague ... ... ... ... 268 



Carbolic and cresylic acids ... ... ... ... ... ... 269 



Deodorizers and disinfectants ... ... ... ... ... 271 



How carbolic acid acts in arresting decomposition ... ... ... 272 



Action of carbolic acid on living organisms ... ... ... ... 274 



Carbolic acid a test of vital phenomena ... ... ... ... 275 



Action of carbolic acid on the virus of cattle plague ... ... 276 



Crucial experiment of the value of carbolic acid ... ... ... 278 



ON DESTROYING LIVING BIOPLASM AND CHECKING 

 ITS GROWTH. 



On the free growth of bioplasm in inflammation ... ... ... 279 



The antiseptic treatment of wounds ... ... ... ... ... 281 



Carbolised oil and putty antiseptic lead plaster ... ... ... 283 



Antiseptic lac-plaster ; muslin gauze ; and catgut ligature ... ... 284 



OF DESTROYING DISEASE GERMS BEFORE THEY 

 ENTER THE BODY. 



Destruction of disease germs after their escape in sewage, &c. . . . 295 



Chloride of lime, chloride of zinc solutions for disinfecting excreta 296 

 Calvert's carbolic powder ... ... ... ... ... ... 296 



Chloride of aluminium ... ... ... ... ... ... 297 



To disinfect bed and body linen and clothing ... ... ... 297 



Practical methods of destroying contagious disease germs in the air 298 



