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should never be carried to other parts of the building 

 in a dry state. 



Utensils. Utensils should be soaked in the solutions 

 and then boiled. 



Urine, Feces, and Sputum. Urine, feces, and sputum 

 should be received in glass, earthen, or agate vessels 

 already containing carbolic acid solution, milk of lime, 

 or formalin, and they should be allowed to remain 

 for at least one hour. It is well to cover the vessel. 



FIG. 21. Sanitarj' spit-cups. 



In the absence of disinfectants, discharges should be 

 burned or boiled for one-half hour. The solid masses 

 of feces should be broken up in order to permit the 

 proper penetration of solutions. 



Tuberculous Sputum. Perhaps nothing is so impor- 

 tant as the disinfection of tuberculous sputum, as it is 

 the chief means of the transmission of tuberculosis. 

 It should be received preferably in a pasteboard cup 

 within a metal holder, the former being burned. It 

 may be caught in metal or agate cups containing 



