(1) Solution of chlorinated soda diluted with 9 parts of water (1 in 10).
(2) Carbolic acid, 2 per cent. solution.
(3) Mercuric chloride, 1 in 1000; recommended only for the hands, or for washing away infectious material from a limited area, not as a bath for the entire surface of the body.
For Body of the Patient after Recovery.
When the patient has recovered, he should be first sponged over with the solution of chlorinated soda, diluted in the proportion of 1 part to 20 of water; and, indeed, during the course of the illness occasional sponging of the body with this very dilute solution under the direction of the attending physician, will be of value in preventing the escape from the surface of the body of infectious material. When, after recovery, the body has been thus sponged, not omitting the head and hair, a thorough washing of the body with soap and warm water should follow, and the patient dressed in clothes which have not been exposed to infection. This should take place in another room than the one occupied during the illness.
For the Dead.
Envelope the body in a sheet thoroughly saturated with
(1) Chloride of lime in solution, 4 per cent.
(2) Mercuric chloride in solution, 1 in 500.