Other Disinfectants
Carbolic acid which is a good antiseptic but a comparatively mild germicide is another disinfectant. It has very little penetrating power and is of most value in a 3% to 5% solution for washing floors, walls and woodwork. The cresoles are more powerful and effective disinfectant than carbolic acid. The most common of this group are: creoline, lysol, and saprol. Their use is about the same as that of carbolic acid. Bichloride of mercury may be used in a solution of from one to two thousand, to one to five hundred and forms a very good disinfectant. It kills germs but corrosive sublimate will kill spore-bearing bacteria only in a solution of one to five hundred. In weaker solutions it forms a very good antiseptic. Lime forms a very good disinfectant, especially for excreta, cesspools and cellars.
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HYGIENE AND SANITATION IN THE SICK ROOM
Factors in Normal Expression of Life
UNHINDERED TRANSMISSION
NORMAL METABOLISM
PROPER NUTRITION
PROPER DIGESTION
Importance of Environment
INFLUENCE OF CHANGE
NECESSITY FOR ADAPTATION
Function of Educated Mind
Need for Conserving Energy
TEMPERATURE OF SICK ROOM
VENTILATION
LIGHTING
FURNITURE AND HANGINGS
BED AND BEDDING
DISPOSAL OF EXCRETA
Hygienic Measures in So-called Communicable Dis-eases
QUARANTINE
DISINFECTION OF STOOLS, URINE AND SPUTUM, LINENS
Chiropractic Cause of So-called Communicable Dis-eases
INTERFERENCE WITH TRANSMISSION
EXPLANATION OF PRESENCE OF GERMS
NO COMPLICATIONS UNDER ADJUSTMENTS
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