On the next floor, the passengers themselves were disinfected in shower baths using water and bichloride of mercury. |
A solution of bichloride of mercury disguised by the addition of a little flavouring and tinctorial matter. |
After you have used the bichloride expose the room to the gas from formalin. |
If pure, it neither reddens turmeric paper, nor gives a brick-red precipitate with a solution of bichloride of mercury. |
It seems to the writer probable that bichloride of mercury may be as useful, as it is certainly more manageable. |
The substances commonly used are carbolic acid, formalin or formaldehyde, Lysol, and bichloride of mercury. |