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peared to be the most active disinfectant ; and I think it might 

 be used with advantage as a substitute for the fumes of burning 

 sulphur, which in our experiments appeared to have no appre- 

 ciable effect. 



It appears to me that a series of complete experiments should 

 be tried with different antiseptics on the spores of each of the 

 disease organisms, for in the absence of the information which 

 would thus be gleaned it is impossible to say how far disinfec- 

 tion is of service. It is perfectly within the bounds of possi- 

 bility that great differences in the resisting power of the spores 

 of various organisms exists, and that in some cases disinfection 

 is of real service, whilst in others it is mere waste of time. 



