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removed from the room. They should be washed first 
in the carbolic solution, then in boiling hot soapsuds, 
and finally rinsed in hot water. These washing fluids 
should afterward be thrown into the water-closet. The 
remains of the patient’s meals may be burned or thrown 
into a vessel containing the carbolic solution or milk of 
lime, and allowed to stand for one hour before being 
thrown away. 
8. Rooms and Their Contents. Rooms which have 
been occupied by persons suffering from contagious 
disease should not be again occupied until they have 
been thoroughly disinfected. For this purpose either 
careful fumigation with formaldehyde gas or sulphur 
should be employed, or this combined with the following 
procedure: Carpets, curtains, and upholstered furniture 
which have been soiled by discharges, or which have 
been exposed to infection in the room during the illness, 
will be removed for disinfection to chambers where they 
can be exposed to formaldehyde gas and moderate 
warmth for twelve to twenty-four hours, or to steam. 
Woodwork, floors, and plain furniture will be thor- 
oughly washed with the soapsuds and bichloride solu- 
tions. 
9. Rags, Cloths, and Articles of Small Value, which 
have been soiled by discharges or infected in other 
ways, should be boiled or burned. 
10. In Case of Death, the body should be completely 
wrapped in several thicknesses of cloth wrung out of 
the carbolic or bichloride solution, and when possible 
placed in a hermetically sealed coffin. 
It is important to remember that an abundance of 
fresh air, sunlight, and absolute cleanliness not only 
helps protect the attendants from infection and aid in 
