The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-07

eEC. 10 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tAAS 1sNts AsfAAtl
cover the entire surface with Q, thin layer
d the powder onei fourth inch; N thick.
ness-and u the material SO NOT liquid
pour on sufficient water TO cover! it X
Disinfection OF the erson The surface
ofthe body Of o sick person, or his at
tendants, when sciled with iniec tlons dis.
charges, should be OF once cleansed
With suitable diSinfecting agent. For
this purpose Solution Nos8 may be used.
IN discusses like smallpox and scarlet
fever. in which the infectious agent Is
piyeft or from the entire surface Of the
body, occasional additions with Labar.
Taaue's Solution, diluted with twenty
pafts OF water, will be more suitable than
The stronger solution above recon-.
mended. ~
mall infectious diseases the surface Of
the body oftbe dead should be thoroughly
washed with one Of thestandard solutions
above recommended, and then enyeloped
In ia sheet saturated with the same.
Distinction OF Clothing. Boiling for
half an hour will destroy the vitality OF
All known disease germs, and there Is no
better wayof disintecting clothing or bed
ding which can be washed than to put Il
through the ordinary operations Of the
laundry. No delay should occur, how
ever. between the time Of removing
Boiled clothing from the person or bed OF
the sick and It's immersion in boiling
water, or In one Of the following solu:
tons, and no article should be permitted
to. leave the infected room until 30 treated.
\ STANDARD SOLUTION no. a. n
Dissolve corrosive sublimate in water
In the proportion OF four ounces TO the
gallon and add one drachm Of pernan.
ganate OF potash TO each gallon 10 give
color to the solution. One fluid ounce Of
this standard solution 10 the gallon Of
water will make q suitable solution for the
disinfection Of clothing, The articles to
be .disinfected must be thoroughly soaked
with the disiniecting solution and left in
It for at least two hours, alter which they
may be wrung out and sent to the wash.
Solutions Of corrosive sublimate should
not be placed In metal feceptacles, for the
salt Is decomposed aud the mercury pre-
cipisated by coptact with copper, lead or
Ftin. A wooden tub or earthen crock is o
suitable receptacle for such solutions.
Clothing may also be dininlected by
immersion for two hours in solution
made BY diluting STANDARD Solution No.
| With nine parts OF water-one gallon in
ten, This solution Is preferable for gen
eral use, especially during the prevalence
Of epidSmics, on account OF the possibility
Of accidents from the poisonous nature Of
Solution No. 4. When diluted as directed
this solution may, however, be used with
out danger from poisoning through the
medium Of clothing immersed init or by
absorption through the hands in washing.
A poisonous dose could scarcely be swal-
loved by mistake, owing TO the metallic
taste OF the solution, and the considerable
quantity which would DO required to
produce a fatal etiect-at.. least half a
pint. 49,; uig a..
Clothing and bedding which cannot be
washed may be disiniected by exposure
oldry heat In Q properly constructed dis.
infecting chamber for three or four hours.
A temperature Of 2309 Fab. should be
maintained during this time, and the
clothing must be freely exposed q,
not folded or arranged implies or bundles,
for the penetrating poSerof dry heat Is
very slight.
\ lii the absence OF a suitable .disinfecting
II will be necessary TO burn in
fected clothing and bedding, the value Of
swhichwould be destroyed by immersion
ip boiling water, or inone OF the disin-
tecting solutions recommended; ,f
FL DisINfgcTIos OF TllR SICK ROOM. I, !,
7 In the sick room no disiniectant can
take the place Of free ventilation and
cleanliness, II is an axiom In sanitary
science that 1t Is impragtlcable to diEln-
feet an occupied apartmentl for the
reason that disease germs are not de.
jstroyed by the presence in the atmos-
'phere Of any known disinfectant in re.
spirable quantity. Bad odors may be neu-
tialised, but this does not constitute dis
infection in the sense in which
The term is here used. These
bad odors are; for the most
part, an indication Of want OF cleanliness,
or OF proper ventilation ;'and tbs better to
turn contaminated air ont Of the window,
,or upthe chimney, than to attempt "a
purify. II. by the use ofyolatile chemical
agents, such as carbolic acid, chlorine,
etc, which are all more orless offensive
TO the sick, and are useless so far as 'disin-
iection-properly o-call led lis concerned,
= When an apartment WHICH has been oc-
jcupied by a person sick with an infectious
disease Is vacated, II should be disinfected:i
Butitis hardly worth while to attempt to
disinfeet the atmosphere Of such an apart
,ment, for this viii escape through an open
window d.be replaced with fresh. aif
from without, while preparations are be-;
Ing made to disinfect it. Moreover, ex-
pefianfe shows that the injecting power
OF such an atmosphlre Is quickly lost by
dilution, or by the destruction OF floating
disease germs through contact with oxy:
gen, and that even smallpox and scarlet
fever are not transmitted to any great dis.
lance through tile atmosphere while
cholera, typhoid feysfs and yellow fever
ara rarely,if ever, contracted by contact
with the sick, or by respiring the atmos.
phere Of the apar Iments occupied by them.
: The object Of disipteGtiop In tie SICK
room 10, mainly; the destruction OF infec-
tious material attached 70 surfaces, or de-
posted as dust upon window Lodges, in
creyices, etc. III the room has been mop.
erly cleansed and ventilated while still oc..
MED by the sick person, and especiallyfii
twas stripped offarpets and Unnecessary
furniture at the outset OF his attaCk, the
difficulties OF distinction will be. greatly
ali surfaces should be thoroughly
washed with q ralEtion 81 corrosive snblis
mate Of the strength Of one part in 1909
parts OF water, which may be conveniently
made byiadding four ounces Of Standard
SOLUTION \ To the gallon, or one pint
to four gallons Of water, Tho walls aud
ceiling Il plastered, should be brushed
over Will, this solution, after which they
may be whitewashed with q lime wash
Especial care must be taken 10 wash away
an dust from acknowledges and other
places where u NAP have settled, and 10
thoroughly cleanse creyiueB and opt:ot.
the.way places. Alter this application Of
the aisinfecting solution, and an interval
81 twentssiopF honrs OF longer for free
ventilation, the fioors and woodwork
be well scrubbed with soap and hot
water, and this should be followed by q
sacond l4ore prolonged exposure To fresh
or, admitted Through apeH doors andswins