The minor horrors of war / by A.E. Shipley.

  • Arthur Shipley
Date:
1915
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Credit: The minor horrors of war / by A.E. Shipley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    closed, keyholes blocked, and so on. A second \ method of fumigation is that of burning , sulphur. Four ounces of brimstone are set ] alight in a saucer, this in its turn is placed in a larger vessel, which protects the floor of the room from a possible overflow of the burning material. After aU apertures ^ have been successfully plugged, four or five hours of the sulphurous fumes are said to be sufficient to kill the bugs, but to ensure complete success a longer time is needed. This is not only a much less expensive but a much less dan- gerous operation than using hydrocyanic-acid gas. Two pounds of sulphur will suffice for i each thousand cubic feet of space, but it I is well to leave the building closed for some twenty-four hours after the fumigation. Another more localised method of destroying these pests is the liberal application of ben-;> zine, kerosene, or any other petroleum oil. j These must be introduced into all crevices or cracks by small brushes or feathers, or injected with syringes. In the same way oilr of turpentine or corrosive-sublimate has proved \ effective. Boiling water is also very fatal I when it can be used ; and recently in the poorer 1 quarters of London the ' flares ' which painters use in burning off paint have proved of great use in ridding matchboarding, or wainscoting, from the harbouring bugs. Passed quickly 1