article, as will
lysol and other marketed products. The source of a foul smell or
dangerous infection should never be overlooked. No disinfectant can
offer a safeguard if plumbing is defective, or other unsanitary
conditions exist; in fact, disinfectants are often deprecated, since
they afford a false sense of security. If a contagious disease exists
in a household, other means than the use of a disinfectant must be
taken in order to prevent the spread of the contagion. Disinfectants
do have their uses, however, and are often essential. In case of an
illness of a contagious or infectious nature, a solution of Platt's
Chlorides or a similar disinfectant should be kept in all vessels
containing or receiving discharges from the body. Pails containing
such a solution should be in readiness to receive all cloths, bedding,
or washable clothes which have come, in any way, in contact with the
patient.
FOOTNOTES:
[11] The publishers announce this chapter as prepared independent of
Dr. Winslow or any of the Advising Editors. Considered as an effort to
give helpful information, free of advertising on the one hand and
sensational exposures on the other, the article meets with the
approval of conservative physicians. But the problems dealt with are
too involved at present for discussion direct from the profession to
the public.
[12] Jacobi, Jour. Am. Med. Assn., Sept. 29, 1906.
[13] Ibid.
[14] S. H. Adams, "The Great American Fraud."
[15] Ibid.
[16] S. H. Adams, "The Great American Fraud."
[17] S. H. Adams, "The Great American Fraud."
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