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The disagreeable odor of Bisulfide of carbon is not persistent , it 
is not even necessary to spread open the mounting sheets; it is only 
necessary to expose them, unopened, to the air. I would call atten- 
tion, however, to one very necessary precaution, if accidents are to 
be avoided. The vapor oC Bisulfide is very inflammable, and the 
chest must, therefore, be set in a safe place and not open< d near a 
lire or any flame whatever. It would be risky, for example, to un- 
pack the chest in the evening while holding a lamp in the hand. 
As the odor of Bisulfide is very disagreeable, and may cause dis- 
comfort to some persons, all these operations should be performed 
in an attic or in an apartment of which the windows may be left open 
as long as necessary. 
PRESERVATION OF FURS AND WOOLENS. 
The same process may be used in the preservation of clothing in 
clothing establishments, civil or military, where Tinea an 1 Attage- 
nus sometimes cause such ravages. Special arrangements may be 
adopted in establishing fumigating chests or rooms to avoid the 
settling due to weight and to facilitate the penetration of the gas. 
This method makes it certain that we shall not “shut the wolf 
up in the shecpfold.” Articles fumigated are entirely rid of eggs, 
larvae, and living insects. They may be shaken out in the open air 
for greater security and then replaced on the shelves, with the assur- 
ance that they will not be found gnawed when next visited. 
PRESERVATION OK THE STUFFING OF FURNITURE AN1) SADDLES. 
Tinea and Attagenus have a marked predilection for horsehair, 
vui that these insects are sometimes found flourishing in the stuffing 
of our furniture, even that which is in daily use. This process has 
the advantage of permitting us to destroy them without having re- 
course 10 the upholsterer ; we need but to construct a fumigating 
chest large enough to contain a couple of armchairs or more. In the 
same way we may tre it mattresses, eiderdown quilts, or anything 
which is supposed to contain eggs or lar v ae. 
I have experimented with a saddle much damaged by moths, 
and after fumigating it five days noticed no appearance of insects, 
the saddle was completely penetrated by the vapor and all the 
moths perished. I kept it two years under observation in order to 
be assured of the efficacy of the process. 
disinfection in epidemics. 
I am persuaded that clothing subjected to this process would be 
disinfected quite as well as by the processes usually employed in 
certain epidemics, such as typhus, cholera, smallpox, etc. It seems 
