464 STANDARD RECEIPTS. 



proper use of disinfectants. Often those attacked by the disease, where 

 disinfectants have been properly used, have it in a much modified form. 



Typhus Fever and Small Pox. Do not for a moment neglect 

 the use of disinfectants, and use them freely. Do not burn rags nor 

 clothing that have been on the patients, but drop them in some strong 

 disinfectant fluid. 



How to Fumigate. Every opening, such as doors, windows, 

 ventilators, and chimneys should be tightly closed. All blankets, bed- 

 ding, and other articles which cannot be treated to the zinc solution 

 should be hung on lines in the room. All colored articles should be 

 thoroughly dry, because if moist the fumes will destroy some of rhe col- 

 ors. Mattresses and upholstered furniture should be taken apart. The 

 hair or other filling should be treated to the zinc solution, while the 

 other parts should be exposed. 



Take a wash tub or barrel and place in it bricks on which to set an 

 iron kettle. Pour water in the tub or barrel until it nearly covers the 

 bricks. Place in the iron kettle, which sets on the bricks, roll sulphur 

 and set it on fire by means of hot coals, or with the aid of a little alco- 

 hol poured over it and then ignited. About three pounds of sulphur, 

 should be used to every thousand cubic feet. Keep the room closed at 

 least twenty-four hours, after which thoroughly air. 



Cesspool Disinfection. To every five hundred pounds of the es- 

 timated contents use one pound of corrosive sublimate in solution. 

 Sprinkle chloride of lime daily over the contents during epidemics and 

 at least every two weeks at other times. 



To Disinfect Sinks and Drains. These often become very 

 offensive and are always a source of danger, breeding diphtheria and 

 malarial fevers, unless properly disinfected. Copperas dissolved in 

 water, one-fourth of a pouud to a gallon, and poured into a sink and 

 water drain occasionally will keep them pure and wholesome. One- 

 half pound of chloride of lime to a gallon of water will have the same 

 effect 



Where large quantities are used to disinfect vaults or stables, a home 

 made preparation as follows will be very efficient: dissolve one bushel 

 of salt in a barrel of water, and with this salt water slack a barrel of 

 lime. This should make the lime wet enough to form a thin paste. If 

 not add more water. 



To Disinfect a Cellar. A damp musty floor may be sweetened 

 by sprinkling upon the floor pulverized copperas or chloride of lime. 



