The prevention of contagious diseases : a practical treatise on disinfectants, antiseptics, and other sanitary agents / by Charles A. Cameron.

  • Cameron, Charles Alexander, 1830-1921.
Date:
1871
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    that chloride of aluminium possessed the power of retard- ing putridity and of preventing the appearance of animal- cules to a far greater extent than any of the commonly employed disinfectants. This statement is based on the results of what appears to have been a series of very care- fully conducted experiments. Sulphate of Copper (Bluestone, or Blue Vitriol).— According to the recent experiments of Dr. Dougal, blue- stone possesses germ-destroying and anti-putrefactive pro- perties equal to those of chloride of aluminium: it differs from the latter, however, in being poisonous. Sulphate of copper instantly removes the odour of sulphuretted hy- drogen. Nitrate of Lead has been used as a disinfecting agent, but not largely. It rapidly removes the odour of sulphu- retted hydrogen, and may be applied to foul sewage. This salt is poisonous. Sulphate, Sulphite, and Chloride of Zinc are, espe- cially the latter two, good disinfectants, particularly for sewage ; but they have the disadvantage of being poisonous. “ Burnett’s Solution” is simply chloride of zinc dissolved in water; it may be easily prepared by dissolving pieces of t zinc in muriatic acid. Ferrous Sulphate {Sulphate of Iron, Copperas, or Green Vitriol) is the cheapest of the heavy metallic salts used for disinfecting purposes. It is applied to manure