The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-09

effect One of these tablets should be
dissolved in a pint of warm water, and
in this the wound should be thoroughly
bathed, then the flesh dried and band
aged. A thorough rinsing of the dish,
followed by the usual dish-washing, will
remove the last traces of poison. BIZ
chloride of mercury is also extremely
valuable for washing floors, rnop-boards
or any woodwork. For this purpose
two tablets to gallon of warm water
will make solution of sufficient
strength.
Carbolic acid is most useful when en-
towels and napkins, which should be
soaked for half an hour in five per
cent. solution of carbolic acid, then
rinsed and boiled in clear water for half
an hour. Cloths so treated will not re-
tain trace of infection.
Boiling water is, actually, the best
germicide known. Dishes, bottles, knives,
forks and spoons can all be sterilized in
boiling water. When knives or other
steel implements are to be sterilized, the
addition of an ounce and a quarter of
washing-not baking-soda to each gal
lon of water will prevent drawing" the
temper of the steel. At any time when
knife-blade is to be employed for
lancing a boil, the steel should first be
sterilized by the boiling method.
Disinfecting Rooms
For thorough disinfection of rooms
nothing to-day, in the hands of the anna
teur, equals formaldehyde gas. There
are on the market, and sold through the
druggists, several makes of formalde-
hyde lamps. These are employed to
convert wood alcohol into formaldehyde
and directions come with each lamp.
Neither grain nor denatured alcohol will
answer the purpose; wood alcohol mast
be used! Each lamp will disinfect thor
oughly five hundred cubic feet, so room
fifteen by twenty, and ten feet high.
three thousand cubic feet-would de-
mand the use of six lamps. Economy
in the number of lamps must be paid
for by decreased efficiency In germicidal
power.
During the burning of the lamps the
room should be sealed tightly At the
end of few hours the windows may
be raised from the outside, after which
the operator can enter the room and ex-
tinguish the lamps. Formaldehyde is a
sharp, pungent gas, but does not inflict
any lasting injury to the eyes or respira-
tory passages. During the disinfection
closet doors and bureau drawers should
be left open, and garments spread. For
maldehyde does not in the least injure
paintings, gilt frames, metals or the most
delicate fabrics Colds are now recog-
nized as being germ-diseases.: In home
whose rooms are from time to time dis
infected with fornaldehyde, colds will be
far less frequent.
For Sinks and Drains
Two ounces of potassium perrnanga-
nate, dissolved in gallon of water,
makes the ideal germicide for sink pipes
and drains. From quart to gallon
of this fluid should be poured down
pipe or drain, according to its size.
Crude commercial permanganate will an
swer.
The bites of domestic animals, of
parrots, etc, should be Immediately
washed in warm water, then wrapped
with absorbent cotton, which should be
kept saturated with alcohol until the
arrival of the physician, who should al
ways be called in the case of bites.
For destroying disagreeable odor in
a room the best method is to volatilize
menthol This can be simply done by
resting a tin plate across two small
boxes on end Place about teaspoon
full of menthol on the plate and lighted
lamp beneath it. Then go out, closing
the door behind you, and in two minutes
or so all the mentho1 will have been
volatilized, the room will smell de-
liciously sweet, and be ready for airing
Sunlight and outdoor air are two splen-
did disinfectants.