The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-16
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| effect. One of these tablets should b.
! dissolved i'll 4 pint OF warm water ans
n this the wound should be 'horonghll
hathcd, then the flesh dried and band
aged. a thorough rinsmg OF the dish
followed b.. the usual dish-washing, vii
remove the last traces OF poison B
chloride OF mercury is also extremcl,
valuable for washing floors. mop board
or any wood work For this purpos.
two tablets 10 a gallon of warm watci
will make solution OF suhicicn
strength
Csrbolc acid is most useful when EN-
/ ployed on infected cloths. such as sheets
towels and napkins, which should b.
soaked for half an hour in a FIVE pc,
cent solution of carbolic acid, the
rfnscd and boiled in clear water for hal
an hour Cloths so treated will not re
tain trace of infection
Boiling water is, actually, the bes
germicide known Dishes. bottles, knives
fforks and spoons can all be sterilized ir
boiling water. When knives or other
steel implements are to be sterilizcd, the
addition of an ounce and a quarter OF
washing-not baking-soda to each gal
Ion of water viii prevent drawing" the
temper of the steel At any time when
a knfe-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 fornaldehydc
and directions come with each lamp.
Neither grain nor denatured alcohol will
answer the purpose; wood alcohol must
be used Each lamp will disinfect thor
oughly FIVE hundred cubic feet. so a room
fifteen by twenty, and ten feet high
three thousand cubic feet-would de-
mand the use of six lamps Economr
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 nay
be raised from the outside, after which
the operator can enter the room and ex-
tinguish the lamps Fornaldehyde is
sharp, pungent gas. but does not inhic.
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
maldehvde does not in the least injurc
paintings. gilt frames, metals or the most
delicate fabrics. Colds are now recog
nized as being germ-diseases. In homo
whose rooms are from time to time dis
infected with formaldehyde, colds will be
far less frequent.
For Sinks and Drains
Two ounces of potassium permanga-
nate, dissolved in gallon of water,
makes the ideal germicide for sink pipes
and drains. From quart to a 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
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 a disagrecablc odor in
a room the best method is to volatlixe
This can be simply done by
resting tin plate across two small
boxes on end Place about a teaspoon
iul 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 menthol will have been
the room will smell de-
sweet and be ready for airing
Sunlight and outdoor air are two splen
did disinfectants.