Weekly Medical Review, Vol. 21

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Excerpt from Weekly Medical Review, Vol. 21: January-June, 1890 After recovery or death from diphtheria, thorough disinfection of the room and furniture must be secured. Probably the fumes of burning sulphur are the easiest obtained and most satisfactory. Dr. Squibb, of Brook lyn, makes a valuable suggestion as to their use, viz., that sulphur should be burned in the presence of watery vapor. I quote his words: When sulphur is burned in a closed chamber, the dioxide is formed by condensing two molecules of oxygen from the air upon each mole cule of sulphur, and a heavy gas is the result, which tends to' settle at the bottom of the chamber and to run out through the lower cracks. Any moisture present is at once seized by the rather inactive anhydride, first forming sulphurous acids, and then by oxidation from the air, sulphuric acid. It is during these changes that its power is evolved. If there be no moisture supplied to the burning sulphur, that which was present in the air and the surfaces of the chamber is soon used up, and the dry gas remains indefinitely in a comparatively inactive, ineffective condition. From three to four pounds of sulphur are required for an ordinary bed chamber, and the room should remain subject to the fumes at least eight hours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.