SECTION VII.— VARIOUS DISINFECTING AGENTS. (Part 13)

Brnschwg., 1884, vii, 129-150. Sternberg, G. M. Experiments designed to test the value of certain gaseous and volatile disinfectants. Nat. Bd. of Health Bull., Wash., iS79-'8o, i, 219, 227, 2S7, 365. Experiments with disinfectants. Johns Hopkins Univ., Stud. biol. lab., Balto., 1882, ii, No. 2, pp. 201-212. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISINFECTANTS. 253 The thermal death-point of pathogenic organisms. Am. J. M. Sc, Phila., 1887, n. s., xciv, 146-160. Prize essay on Disinfection ; in Rept. State Bd. of Health, Calif., 1884-86, ix, 241-270. Experiments to determine the germicide value of certain therapeutic agents. Am J. M. Sc, Phila., 1883, n. s., lxxxv, 321-343. The comparative antiseptic value of the salts and oxides of mercury. Med. News, Phila., 1885, xlvii, 287. Practical experiments on the sterilization of feces. Med. News, Phila., 1885, xlvii, 368. Metallic sulphates as disinfectants. Med. News, Phila., 1885, xlvii, 204. Commercial disinfectants. Med. News, Phil., 1885, xlvi, 144-147. Germicide power of potassium permanganate. Ibid., 30-35. Reply to Dr. Duggan. Med. Rec, N. Y., 1885, xxviii, 643. Disinfection and individual prophylaxis against infectious diseases. Lomb Prize Essays. Concord, N. H., 1886. 8vo. Suggestions in regard to general sanitation, disinfectants and deodorants ; issued by the Mississippi State Board of Health. Jackson, 1880, 17 pp. 8vo. Suite de la discussion de la proposition de M. Craninx ayant pour but de faire etablir quelle est de ces deux especes de produits, les antiseptiques, et les disinfectants, celle a laquelle il faut, dans les epidemies accorder la preference. Bull. Acad. roy. de med. de Belg. Brux., 1884, 3. s. xviii, 722-735. Svietloz', G. Disinfection in contagious diseases — cattle plagues (Russian). Arch. vet. nauk. St. Petersb., 1885, xv, pi. 4, 364-382. Szabo, D. Sublimate as a disinfectant (Hungarian), Orvosi hetil. Budapest, 1884, xxviii, 1029-1037. Tangeman, C. W. Disinfection. Therap. Gaz., Detroit, 1884, n. s. v, 481-486. Tanret, C. Des fumigations de parfums ; trochisques disinfectants. Bull. gen. de therap. Par., 1882, 460-465. Testa, B. Acido fenico ed acido picrico. Scuola Med., Napol, 1883, vi, 419-440. Tissandier, G. Use of sulphurous disinfectants (transl. from La Nature). Pop. Sci. Monthly, N. Y., 1885, xxvii, 218-222. Trauser, E. Un nouvel antiseptique; l'aseptol ou acide orthoxyphenyl sulfureux. Union Med. Par., 1884, 3. s. xxxviii, 549, 558. Tripe, J. W. Disinfectants in contradistinction to deodorants and anti-putrefactive agents. Med. Times and Gaz., Lond., 1880, i, 51. Disinfectants as contra-distinguished from deodorants and anti-putrefactive agents. Tr. Soc. M. Off. Health, Lond., i879-'8o, 36-43. On the action of disinfectants on sewage and the living organisms contained therein. San. Rec. Lond., i88o-'8i, n. s. ii, 201-204. On the action of disinfectants on sewage and the living organisms contained therein. Tr. Soc. M. Off. Health, i8So-'Si, Lond., 1881, 28-29, 1 pi. Disinfectants and their sanitary uses. San. Rec, Lond., 1884-85, n. s. vi, 437-442. Torrdlbas, F. Desinfectantes. Ann. r. Acad, de cien. med. . . . de la Habana, i88i-'82, xviii, 1S4-191. Torres MuTwz de Luna, B. Ueber die Anwendung des Stickstoffdioxyds als Desinfec- tions-Praservatif-und Heilmittel in Cholerafallen (Abstr. Transl.). Berl. klin. Wchnschr, 18S6, xxiii, 140. Vallin, E. Les nouvelles etuves a disinfection et les perfectionnements dont elles sont susceptibles. Rev. d'hyg., Par., 1883, vi, 974-992. Experiences sur les etuves a disinfection des hopitaux de Paris. Rev. d'hyg., Par., 1884, vi, 25, 53. Quelques experiences sur les etuves a disinfection dans les hopitaux de Paris. Ann. d'hyg., Par., 1884, 3, s. xi, 255-271. De la disinfection de la chambre des malades a la suite des affections contagieuses. Rev. d'hyg., Par., iS32, iv, 770, 782. 254 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISINFECTANTS. La disinfection des amphitheatres d'anatomie. Rev. d'hyg., Par., 1882, iv, 639-649. Recherches sur la valeur desinfectante de Tether azoteux. Rev. d'hyg., Par., 1882, iv, 207-216. Traite des disinfectants et de la disinfection. Par., 1883, 808 pp. 8vo. Ueber die desinfection der Krankenzimmer nach ansteckenden Krankheiten. Deut- sche Vrtljhrsschr. f. off. Gsndhtspfl. Brnschwg., 1883, xv, 248-254. et A. Gerardin. Disinfectants. Diet. Encycl. d. sc. med. Par., 1882, i, s. xxviii, 298-400. Vanden Corput. Les disinfectants et les antiseptiques au point de vue de la prophy- laxie de quelques maladies. Br'uxelles, 1885. 8vo. Vaughan, V. C. Disinfection with mineral acids. Med. News, Phila., 1885, xlvii, 62-64. Considerations concerning the practical use of mercuric chloride as a disinfectant. Med. News, Phila., 1885, xlvii, 235. Verbitzky, E. V. Methods of disinfecting cholera excretions (Russian). Priloj. k protok. zasaid. Obsh. Kievsk. vrach. Kiev., 1886, 39-59. Vidal et Herscher. £tudes a desinfection par Fair chaud. Par., 1881. 8vo. Vidal. Desinfection obligatoire des appartements, etc., qui auraient pu etre impregnes du miasme variolique. Bull. soc. de med. pub., 1879. Par-> 1880, ii, 159. Vigier, F. Le sulfo-carbol (acide orthoxyphenylsulfureux) ses proprietes physiologiques antifermentescibles et antiseptiques. Tribune Med., Par., 1884, xvi, 328-333. Vigier, M. F. Sur le sulfo-carbol et ses proprietes antiseptiques. Bull, et mem. soc. de therap. Par., 1884, 2, s. xiv, 82-88. Vinay, C. De la valeur pratique des etuves a desinfection. Lyon Medical, 1886, xvii, 545-56o- De la valeur pratique des etuves a desinfection. Lyon Med., 1887, lv, 67-75. Vore officielle Anvisninger til Benyttelse af Desinfektions-midler. Ugesk. f. Lzeger. Copenhagen, 1882, 4, R. vi, 40-45. Warder, R. B. An antiseptic called " ozone." Scient. Proc. Ohio Mech. Inst. Cincin., 1882, i, 40-44. Warrikoff. Wirkung von Antiseptica auf Milzbrand contagium. Leipzig, 1884. Walz und Windscheid. Der neue Desinfections-Apparat in Dusseldorf. Centralbl. f. allg. Gsndhtspfl. Bonn, 1886, v, 426-438. Entgegnung, betr. den neuen Desinfections-Apparat in Dusseldorf. Ctrbl. f. allg. Gesndhtspfl. Bonn, 1887, vi, 208-214. Weisgerber. Le lazaret des epidemies a Strasbourg, et le nouvel appareil a desinfecter de M. A. Koch. Rev. d'hyg., Par., 1886, viii, 497-505. Weiss, F. Zur Desinfection. Med. Chir. Centralbl. Wien., 1883, xviii, 478. Wenckrewicz, B. Das Verhalten des Schimmelgenus Mucor zu Antisepticis und einigen verwandten Stoffen, mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung seines Verhaltens in zucker- haltigen Flussigkeiten. Dorpat, 1880, 50 pp. 8vo. Wernich, A. Desinfections-verfahren. Wien. Med. Presse, 1883, xxiv, 965, 992. Ueber Desinfectionskriterien. Verhdl. d. Berl. med. Gesellsch., 1883, xiii, pt. 2, 158-178. Die Desinfection mit Brom. Deutsche med. Wchnschr. Berl., 1882, viii, 592. Desinfectionslehre. 2 AufL, 358 pp. Wien., 1882. 8vo. Ueber Desinfections-Kriterien. Deutsche med. Wchnschr. Berl., 1882, viii, 329. Also, Berl. Klin. Wchnschr., 1882, xix, 585, 603. Ueber ein praktisches Desinfectionsverfahren mit Bromdampf und dessen sporen- totende Wirkung. Centralbl. f. d. Med. Wissenschften, Berlin, 1882, xx, 180-183. Zur Hitzedesinfection. Gesundh-Ingenieur, Berl., 1881, iv, 215-220. Ueber Wahl und Ausfuhrung von Desinfectionsmassregeln. Deutsche Vrtljhrsschr. f. off. Gsndhtspflg. Brnschwg., 1880, xii, 567-587. Also, Deutsche med. Wchnschr. Berl., 1880, vi, 498. Grundriss der Desinfectionslehre zum praktischen Gebrauch. Wien., 1880. 8vo. Ueber den gegenwartigen Stand der Desinfectionsfrage. Wien. Klinik, 1880, vi, 199-220. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISINFECTANTS. 255 Die neuesten Fortschritte in der Desinfections-Praxis. Wien. Klinik, 1887, xiii, 337-358- Wertiitz, Iwan. Ueber die Wirkung der Antiseptica auf ungeformte Fermente. Dor- pat, 1880. 8vo. Westmoreland, J. B. Carbolic acid. Atlanta M. & S. J., i88o-'8i, xviii, 193-197. White, C. B. Remarks upon "Disinfection," etc. N. Orl., 1880, 12 pp. 8vo. Whitelegge, A. The present position of the question of disinfection. San. Rec, Lond., 1886, 7, n. s. viii, 389-394. Wight, 0. W. Experiments in disinfecting sewers. San. News, Chicago, 1885, vii, 45. Wolff, M. Zur Desinfectionsfrage. Ctbl. f. d. Med. Wissensch., Berl., 1885, xxiii, 177- 179. Ueber die Desinfection durch Temperaturerhohung. Arch. f. path. Anat., etc. Berl., 1885, cii, 81-148. Wolff hiigel, G. Ueber Desinfection mittels Hitze. Gesundh-Ingenieur, Munchen, 1887, x, 1-13. Ueber den Werth der schwefligen Saure als Desinfectionsmittel. Mitth. a. d. K. Gsndhtsamte, Berl., 188 1, i, 1-46. und G. Knorre. Zu der verschiedenen Wirksamkeit von Carbol-Oel und Carbol- Was'ser. Mitth. a. d. K. Gsndhtsamte, Berl., 1881, i, 1-8. Zinno, O. Disinfezione e disinfettanti. Proposte, studii ed effetti. Napoli, 1884. 8vo Zlatovratski, N. H. Disinfective apparatus in contagious diseases (Russian). Ejened. klin. gaz., St. Petersb., 1884, iv, 337-341. INDEX A. Page . Abbott, Dr. A. C, quoted or mentioned 16, 40, 51, 123, 132 Dr. S. W., " 117 Acid, carbolic, action of, upon vaccine lymph 28 as an antiseptic 41, 82 and disinfectant 27 experiments with, on various micro-organisms 160 germicide powers of 29 in surgery 27 better than mercuric chloride, when 166 chromic 36 hydrochloric, as a disinfectant 34 mineral, action of, on lead pipes 37 as disinfectants 36 nitric 36 nitrous, as a disinfectant 35 osmic 36 phenyl-acetic, as an antiseptic 82 phenyl-propionic, as an antiseptic 82 sulphuric, as a disinfectant 35 various, as a product of putrefaction 82 Aluminium, tersulphite of, as a germicide yy Animals, convulsions in, produced by mouldy meal 184 Anthrax bacilli (see Bacilli anthracis). ptomaines in 202 spores, action of certain acids upon 8^ chlorinated atmosphere upon 23 chromic acid upon 36 hydrochloric acid upon 34 mercuric chloride upon 42 osmic acid upon 36 Apparatus for the Application of Dry and Moist Heat in Disin- fection, by Dr. George H. Rohe, 89 Aspergillus nigrescens, action of chlorinated atmosphere upon 24 destruction of 24, 25 Bacilli * acidi lactici 129,143 action of heat upon 137-149 alvei 128, 145 anthracis . . 10, 25, 26, 43, 44, 52, 57, 60, 61, 78, 79, 81, 145, 155, 196, 206, 208 action of carbolic acid upon 30 certain disinfectants on spores of 13 The various bacilli given in this indejt will be found mentioned in various other places in con- nection with experimental work. The same remark applies to micrococci and spores. 258 INDEX. Bacilli anthracis, action of cupric sulphate upon 39 heat upon 141 hydrogen peroxide upon 22 mercuric chloride upon 41 moist chlorinated atmosphere upon .... 23 permanganate of potassium upon 20 zinc chloride upon 40 culture of 125 in the production of ptomaines 202 Brieger's 127, 143 butryicus 129, 145 cholera . 202 comma .120 action of heat upon 138 crassus sputigenus 128, 143 cyanogenus 143 Emmerich's 127, 143 fluorescent 129, 143 Friedlander's 127, 143, 155 indicus 128, 143 of fowl cholera, 24 mouse-septicaemia, culture of 126, 142 destroyed in chlorinated atmosphere .... 24 schwinerothlauf . . 126, 142 prodigiosus 128, 143, 149 punctum 31 pyocyanus 128, 143 relation of, to blood corpuscles 126 spore-forming, action of heat upon 145 subtilis .... 39,40,43,45,60,61,64,78,80,81,82,84,85,86,129 action of mercuric chloride upon 41 agents that will destroy 14 effect of permanganate of potassium upon 19 power of resisting heat of 20 used as a test of germicide powers 10 syncyanum 129 termo 26, 31, 32, 35, 85, 86 tuberculosis 128 action of heat upon 148 typhoid 123, 177 action of calcium oxide upon 169 carbolic acid upon 162 cold upon 150 heat upon 149 mercuric chloride upon 159 sulphate of copper upon 167 and ptomaines 205 destroyed by chloride of lime 154 results of alternate freezing and thawing of 150 various, action of sulphate of copper upon 167 culture of 121-123, 170 effect of heat upon 78 experiments with carbolic acid upon 161 chloride of lime upon 155 sulphurous acid gas upon 60 INDEX. 259 Bacilli, Wurtzel 129, 145 Bacteria, action of permanganate of potassium upon . . 20 classification of 178 in the production of ptomaines 177 of fowl cholera, action of chlorinated atmosphere upon .... 24 putrefaction, action of carbolic acid upon 31 the cause of putrefaction 177 Bedding, disinfection of 234 Bibliography from 1880 to 1888, by Dr. George H. Rohe . . . 242 Blood corpuscles, relation of bacilli to 126 septicemic, action of sulphurous acid gas upon 66 Bolton, Dr. Meade, quoted or mentioned 120, 134, 136, 138, 155, 159, 162, 164, 166, 168 Boston, quarantine disinfecting station at 115 Bromine, when an efficient disinfectant 26 vapor, action of, upon various germs 25 C Calcium oxide, experiments with, as a disinfectant 169 Carbolic acid, by Dr. Charles Smart . 26 Cesspools, disinfection of 240 Cheese, poisoning, symptoms of 193 poisonous 192 experiments with poison of 194 spirillum 123 action of heat upon 138 Chloride of lime, available chlorine in certain preparations of .... 7 Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine, by George H. Rohe . . . . .23 Chlorine, action of, on various germs 24 inconvenience of, as a disinfectant 25 when an efficient disinfectant 26 Cholera, action of heat upon spirillum of 138 Asiatic, experiments with the spirillum of 120-124, 155 discharges, disinfection of . . ' 84 experiments with 179 infantum due to tyrotoxicon 206 spirillum, action of calcium oxide upon 169 mercuric chloride upon 159 various disinfectants upon 174 culture of 121 experiments with . . 138 the ptomaines of 202 Clothing, the disinfection of 234, 238 Cogswell, Dr. Charles H., quoted or mentioned 117 Commercial Disinfectants, No. 1 and No. 2, by Dr. George M. Sternberg 8, 16 Committee on disinfectants, how created 5 members of . . 15 Considerations Concerning the Practical Use of Mercuric Chlo- ride as a Disinfectant, by Dr. Victor C. Vaughan ... 47 Copper, sulphate of, a favorite disinfectant 38 as a disinfectant 39 experiments with, as a disinfectant 166 Copperas 38 Corrosive sublimate as a germicide 41 Councilman, Dr. William T., quoted or mentioned 148 Creoline 165 l6o INDEX. Culture experiments, methods used in 133 temperature in 136 flasks, how made 133 fluids, preparation of 133 Dead, disinfection of the 234 Deaths from poisonous mussels 185 Diarrhoea, septic, disinfection of discharges of 84 Diseases, certain, ptomaines in 202 Disinfectants, commercial 8, 16 list of, tested n value of certain 17 committee on, preliminary remarks of chairman of .... 7 report of, for 1885 5 1886 . . . ' . . . .87 1887 118 conclusions regarding 118, 233 the most efficient non-destructive 87 Disinfecting agents, various 173 apparatus, Bradford's patent " safety " 93 another form 94 Dr. Ransom's self-regulating 9& Dusseldorf 114 Fraser's patent 9° Geneste, Herscher et Cie's 104 Jenning's 102 Merke's 95 Nelson's patent 89 Scott's patent 102 Schimmel's 113 steam, for baled rags, etc., Parker and Blackman's . .112 chest, Dr. Heron Rogers's 9& closet, Taylor's 103 oven, Raetke's 104 station at Strasburg . . . IX4 Boston and New Orleans quarantines 115 stove, Dobroslavine's " Selhydric " m movable, Gibier's . • .107 Disinfection and disinfectants 236 apparatus for the application of dry and moist heat in . * . .89 requisites of a good (Parsons) 87 as practised in the quarantine system of Louisiana . . . .215 bibliography from 1880 to 1888 242 conclusions regarding 118, 233 cost of, in Berlin 2I° experiments in, test organisms employed in 120 with germ culture J34 general directions regarding ' • 237 of cesspools 24° clothing, bedding, etc 234, 238 excreta 233» 237 furniture, and articles of wood, leather, and porcelain . • • 234 ingesta 24° merchandise and the mails 235 INDEX. 26l Disinfection of privy vaults . . . 240 rags Ii6, 235 railway cars 235 ships 235 with bichloride of mercury 218 the dead 234 person 234, 238 sick-room and the hospital wards 234, 239 practical methods of 208 street with mercuric bichloride 212 with calcium oxide 169 carbolic acid 27, 160 chemical agents 212 chloride of lime 153 dry heat 77, 87 heat . 137 mercuric chloride 43, 48, 157 metallic sulphates 38 moist heat 80 potassium permanganate 21 steam 115, 209 sulphate of copper 38, 39, 166 sulphur 52, 77 sulphurous acid gas 52 oxide fumigation 221 Disinfection with Mineral Acids, by Dr. Victor C. Vaughan . . .33 Disinfector, Henneberg's 209 Leoni's patent 101 steam, Benham & Sons' 106 Bradford's 107 Herscher et Cie's no Lyon's patent 105 Reek's patent 105 Dress goods, effect of sulphur disinfection upon 70 Duggan, Dr. J. R., quoted or mentioned 10, 12, 154 on the germicide power of the hypochlorites . . . '13 Durgin, Dr. S. H., quoted or mentioned 115, 208, 212 on practical experiments with moist heat (steam under pressure) as a disinfectant 115 Eberth's bacilli (see Bacilli, typhoid). Ernst, Dr. H. C, quoted or mentioned 147 Erysipelas, micrococci of, destroyed in chlorinated atmosphere .... 24 Excreta, disinfection of , . 233, 237 Experimental data, commercial disinfectants No. 1 8 Experiments on Burning Sulphur in Closed Booms, under Direction of Dr. J. H. Raymond 68 Experiments with Sulphurus Acid Gas, by Dr. J. H. Raymond . . 65 :f Ferric sulphate 39 Finkler-Prior spirillum, action of heat upon . . . » . . . . 138 Flesh, decomposing, poison contained in 179 Food containing poisonous ptomaines 185 262 INDEX. Fumigating furnace 222 Fumigation with sulphurous oxide . 221 Furniture, disinfection of 234 Germicide Power of the Hypochlorites, by Dr. J. R. Duggan . .13 Glanders, virus of, experiments with 54 Gonococcus of Neisser, action of heat upon 146 Griffin, Dr. Arthur G., quoted or mentioned . . 117 H Ham, poisonous 191 Heat, action of, on spirillum of cholera 138 various disease germs 140 application of dry and moist . . . 224 dry, as a disinfectant 77> 87 effec\ of, on micro-organisms and spores 137 moist as a disinfectant 80 Holt, Dr. Joseph, quoted or mentioned 88, 115, 208, 219 on quarantine system of Louisiana. Methods of disinfection practised 215 Hospital wards, disinfection of 234 Hydrogen Peroxide, by Dr. George M. Sternberg 21 Hydrophobia, experiments with 147 I Ice-cream, poisoning 200 Ingesta, disinfection of , 240 Iodine, disinfecting power of 26 when an efficient disinfectant 26 Labarraque's solution, available chlorine in certain preparations of . . . .17 Lead pipes, action of mercuric chloride upon 49 mineral acids upon 37 Leather, disinfection of 234 Leeds, Prof. Albert R., quoted or mentioned 22 Lime, chloride of, experiments with, as a disinfectant 153 in the disinfection of feces 84 bi-sulphate of, as a germicide . . jj Liquor sodae chlorinate, available chlorine in certain preparations of . 17 Mails, disinfection of . 235 Meat, poisonous 78 canned 191 (ham) 191 Merchandise, disinfection of 235 Mercuric bichloride in the disinfection of vessels 218 not dangerous unless swallowed 219 Mercuric Chloride, by Dr. George M. Sternberg 41 action of, upon lead pipes 49 as a disinfectant 157 experiments with, as a disinfectant . . . . 43, 48 in the disinfection of feces 86 strength of aqueous solution of, necessary to destroy microorganisms . . . . . .