Diphtheria : its prevention, restriction and suppression / Issued by the Illinois state board of health, 1907.

  • Illinois Department of Public Health
Date:
1907
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Credit: Diphtheria : its prevention, restriction and suppression / Issued by the Illinois state board of health, 1907. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    2G STANDARD DISINFECTANTS. The following are simple^ cheap and reliable disinfectants. Standard Disinfectant No. 1. Dissolve chloride of lime of the hest quality in water, in the propor- tion of six ounces to the gallon. Use one quart of this solution for each discharge from a patient suffering from a contagious or infectious disease. Discharges from the mouth and throat should be received in a cup half full of the solution, and those from the nostrils upon soft cotton or linen rags, which should be immediately burned. The chloride of lime must le of the best quality. Poor chloride of lime is worthless. The solution should he made when required. Instead of chloride of lime, carbolic acid may be used in the strength of six and one-half ounces to the gallon of water. Standard Disinfectant No. 2. Dissolve corrosive sublimate and muriate of ammonia in water in the proportion of two drachms (120 grains—| ounce) of each to the gallon. Dissolve in a wooden tub, barrel or pail, or an, earthen crock. Use for the same purposes and in the same way as No. 1. Equally effective, but slower in action. This solution is odorless, while the chloride of lime solution is often objectionable in the sick room on account of its smell. Standard Disinfectant No. 3. Dissolve one drachm (60 grains—| ounce) of corrosive sublimate and muriate of ammonia in one gallon of water. Dissolve in a wooden tub, barrel or pail, or an earthen croch. Use for the disinfection of soiled underclothing, bed linen, etc. Mix solution and immerse articles for two hours. Then wring them out and boil them.
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