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Carbolic Acid is valuable on account of its highly
antiseptic properties: it arrests decomposition, is a
germicide, and destructive of all the lower forms of
animal and vegetable life, but it has no power to
absorb or decompose the offensive products of putrifaction,
and its virtue as a true disinfectant is denied
by many eminent authorities. Carbolic acid has an
offensive and irritating vapour, is virulently poisonous
and corrosive, and has been the cause of numerous
fatal accidents.
Sanitas is as powerful an antiseptic as carbolic acid.
It is, moreover, a deodorant; and, as its action
depends, to a considerable extent, upon the peroxide
of hydrogen it contains, its disinfecting action very
much resembles that of the natural process of "weathering''
previously spoken of, than which, however, it is
very much more rapid.
It is non-poisonous, its vapour is fragrant, pleasant,
and healthful; it is neither corrosive or destructive,
for which reason it is specially adapted for use in the
sick room.
The experiment detailed on the annexed paper was
recently performed in Blackburn, and, if correctly
reported, would seem pretty conclusive as to the
deodorant and antiseptic properties of the powder.
I should strongly recommend the Committee to use
Sanitas powder for a time, and note the effects.