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Disinfectants. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm., 
Sept.,  1885. 
(a)  destruction  ;  (6)  steam  passed  through  the  articles  for  one  hour  ;  (c) 
boiling  for  thirty  minutes  ;  (d)  immersion  for  twenty-four  hours  in  one  of 
the  weak  disinfecting  solutions;  (e)  aeration  for  three  or  four  weeks,  but 
only  in  case  the  other  means  recommended  are  inapplicable. 
Articles  of  leather,  such  as  trunks,  boots,  etc.,  should  be  either  destroyed 
or  washed  several  times  with  one  of  the  weak  disinfecting  solutions. 
III.  Vomited  matters  and  the  dejections  of  the  sick  should  be  mixed 
with  one  of  the  strong  disinfecting  solutions,  in  quantity  at  least  equal  to 
the  amount  of  material  to  be  disinfected.  Linen,  clothing,  bedding,  etc., 
recently  soiled  by  the  dejections  of  the  sick,  which  cannot  be  immediately 
subjected  to  the  action  of  steam,  should  be  at  once  immersed  in  one  of  the 
strong  disinfecting  solutions,  and  left  for  four  hours. 
IV.  The  dead  should  be  enveloped  in  a  sheet  saturated  with  one  of  the 
strong  disinfecting  solutions,  without  previous  washing  of  the  body,  and 
at  once  placed  in  a  coffln. 
V.  Disinfection  of  merchandise  and  of  the  mails  is  unnecessarj^  (steam 
under  pressure  is  the  only  reliable  agent  for  the  disinfection  of  rags— ^es 
chiffons  en  c/ros). 
VI.  When  cases  of  cholera  occur  upon  a  vessel  at  sea,  the  locality  where 
the  case  occurs  should  be  disinfected.  The  floors  and  walls  of  the  cabin,  or 
other  locality,  should  be  wasbed  at  least  twice  with  one  of  the  weak  disin- 
fecting solutions,  and  then  exposed  freely  to  fresh  air. 
In  the  case  of  objects  of  considerable  value,  which  have  not  been  in 
immediate  contact  with  the  sick,  and  which  would  be  seriously  injured  by 
a  rigorous  disinfection,  the  physician  on  board  may  determine  what  meas- 
ures are  necessary  to  protect  the  sanitary  interests  of  the  vessel. 
The  bilge-water  should  be  pumped  out,  and  replaced  by  sea-water,  at 
least  twice  at  each  disinfection  of  a  vessel. 
The  closets  should  be  well  washed  with  one  of  the  strong  disinfecting 
solutions  at  least  twice  a  day. 
VII.  If  the  drinking-water  is  open  to  suspicion,  it  should  be  boiled  before 
it  is  used,  and  the  boiling  should  be  repeated,  if  it  is  not  used,  within 
twenty-four  hours. 
All  suspected  food  should  be  destroyed,  or  at  least  recently  cooked. 
VIII.  Hospitals  should  be  disinfected  by  washing  the  floors  and  walls 
with  one  of  the  weak  disinfecting  solutions,  by  a  subsequent  free  ventila- 
tion and  cleansing,  and  finally  by  repainting.  The  wards  to  be  disinfected 
should,  as  far  as  possible,  be  isolated  from  those  in  use. 
The  latrines  should  be  disinfected  at  least  twice  a  day  by  pouring  into 
them  the  strong  disinfecting  solutions  in  quantity  at  least  equal  to  the 
amount  of  the  dejections  received  since  the  last  disinfection. 
IX.  The  clothing  worn  by  physicians  and  attendants  should  remain  in 
the  hospital,  and  should  be  regularly  disinfected. 
Physicians  and  attendants  should  use  the  weak  disinfecting  solutions  for 
washing  their  hands,  etc. 
It  will  be  noticed  by  this  quotation  from  the  correspondent  of  the 
Jledical  News,  that  so  far  as  cholera  is  concerned,  the  Conference  does 
