m. ledoyen's disinfecting fluid. 
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vessels ; it will also disinfect ships at sea, and under qua- 
rantine." 
4th. "It disinfects patients suffering with infectious dis- 
orders and wounds ; also dead bodies, so that they may be 
kept nearly a month ; also different parts of the body can 
be kept forthe purpose of dissection, for coroner's inquests, , 
&c." 
Finally. " This process is most effectual as a sanatory 
remedy for towns, &c." 
It may readily be conceived that a preparation promising 
such immense advantages to mankind, would attract the at- 
tention of government and the public. Accordingly, Lord 
Morpeth, as Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and 
Forests, submitted the "fluid" to the deliberate examina- 
tion of Dr. Southwood Smith, Mr. Toynbee 3 and Mr. Grain- 
ger, in connection with the discoverers, whose report was 
extended over many pages ; but of which the following are 
the conclusions : 
" 1st, That this fluid does not possess any peculiar power in 
preserving the dead bodj from decomposition, and that, there- 
fore, it is not applicable to any considerable extent to purposes 
of dissection. 
" 2. That it removes the Tcetor of putrifying substances, ve- 
getable and animal, by decomposing the sulphuretted hydrogen 
upon which that fcetor chiefly depends. 
" 3. That it is capable of preventing the disengagement of 
sulphuretted hydrogen in sick chambers, and in the wards of 
hospitals, and of removing it in a few minutes when it is pre- 
sent, not merely by dissipating the smell, but by destroying the 
poison. 
" 4. That the use of it is simple and easy, and as the occa- 
sions on which it is required are of constant occurrence, and as 
it has the peculiar advantage of being itself inodorous, its pos- 
session would be a comfort and blessing to private families. 
" 5. That by decomposing the sulphuretted hydrogen, it re- 
moves from night-soil the poison which renders such matters 
injurious to health and dangerous to life, and by changing the 
