Chlorides of the alkalies, Chlorides of iron, Chlorides of copper, Chlorides of manganese, Chlorides of zinc, Chlorides of aluminium, Chlorides of lime, Chlorides of mercury, and, in fact, all chlorides which are soluble.
2. All soluble sulphates, especially sulphates of iron and aluminium.
3. All soluble sulphites.
4. Some acetates, as acetate of iron.
5. Some nitrates, such as the nitrates of potash and soda.
6. Certain agents which appear to arrest putrefaction or condense certain gases, &c., without either destruction or oxidation:
Carbolic acid, Tar acids, Charcoal, Great cold, Heat sufficient to dry organic substances, but not to char them.
7. Preservative liquids and solutions. Many of these act by coagulating the albumen of organised bodies:
Antiseptics, Alcohol, Solutions of corrosive sublimate, Solutions of common salt, Solutions of saltpetre.
8. Destructive agents. Not true disinfectants, they act not by disinfection, but by destruction: