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 "SANITAS" 
 
 (DISINFECTANTS, ANTISEPTICS, OXIDANTS, DEODORIZERS,) 
 
 Liquids, Powder, Soaps, Veterinary 
 and Toilet Preparations. 
 
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 036, 608, 640 & 642 West 55th Street. 
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 THE BEST DISINFECTANT. 
 
 Uold Medal, Osteud, 1888. 
 Oold Medal, Antwerp, 1886. Gold 
 Medal, International Exhibition, Paris, 
 1885. First-Class Certificate and Gold Medal 
 Calcntta International Exhibition, 1883-84. Medal 
 International Health Exhibition, London, 1884. Silver 
 Medal (Highest Award) National Health Society's 
 Exhibition, London, 1883. Medal Sanitary 
 Institute of Great Britain, 1882. Award 
 of Merit International Sanitary Exhi- 
 bition, London, 1881. 
 
 Supplied to the Department of Public Charities and 
 Correction ; also to the Department of Public Parks, New 
 York. The Zoological Society of Philadelphia. In reg 
 ular use by many Hospitals, Asylums, Public and Benev- 
 olent Institutions, Health Officers, Clubs, Railroad and 
 Steamship Companies, Hotels, Factories, Stables and 
 Riding Academies, &c. Used exclusively in many of the 
 most prominent Bench Shows, Poultry, Horse, Cattle 
 and Dairy Shows in the United States. 
 
 Supplied to the British Admiralty. 
 
 Inserted in the British Board of Trade Medical Scale for Mer 
 chant Ships. 
 
 In regular use by most Public Health Authorities, Hospitals^ 
 Unions and Large Public Institutions in England, and by 
 many in the Colonics and the Continent of liuroj)e. 
 
 Used by the 3Iunicipal Authorities of India, ke. 
 
 The American axd Continental " Sakitas" Co , Limited 
 Supply Boards of Health, Hospitals, Asylums, Public Institu- 
 tions, Kailway and Shipping Companies, &c, with 
 
 "Sanitas'^ Disinfecting Fluids, Powder and Soaps, 
 
 Upon Special Terms or by Cootfact. 
 

 The Science of Disinfection. 
 
 The use of Disinfectants for preventing the spread of infectious 
 or contagious diseases, is based upon certain well ascertained 
 facts, of which the following may be taken as an accurate sum- 
 mary : — 
 
 Many infectious or contagious diseases are caused by the pres- 
 ence in the human body of so-called microbes, that is to say, 
 minute organisms which are supposed to grow, multiply and 
 flourish at the expense of the human system, giving rise to all 
 the complications and consequent characteristics of the various 
 specific diseases. 
 
 These microbes are very widely distributed in nature, and by 
 way of illustration, it may be stated that the well-known process 
 of ])utrefaction is dependent upon the presence and growth of cer- 
 tain of these microbes in the affected substances. The expression 
 microbes" includes both fully developed organisms and the 
 germs or spores from which they are developed, and while the 
 fully developed organisms may be readily destroyed by certain 
 chemical re-agents and otherwise, as for instance by heat, their 
 spores are imbued with the utmost vitality ; they are to be found 
 everywhere, and it is practically impossible to annihilate them 
 until they pass into the fully developed stage to whi( h reference 
 has been made. 
 
 The application to jjutrid mixtures, of certain chemical re- 
 agents (Antiseptics and Disinfectants) kills the organisms which 
 initiate the process of putrefaction, and the reason why such 
 ap[)lication remains efficacious is, cither that the presence of the 
 chemical re-agents prevents the development of further sjjores 
 into a stale of maturity, or else that they kill each organism as 
 it is developed ; the spores themselves are not necessarily killed 
 by such re-agents, but immediately they develop into the matured 
 state they are destroyed. 
 
 Again, rliemical re-agents, or so-called Disinfectants, act in 
 various ways ; that is to say, some substances have the property of 
 • sphyxiating microbes by the oxygen which they ccini lin otltj-rs 
 
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 act by preventing the access of oxygen to the microbes ; others 
 behave as direct poisons to the organisms, and yet others render 
 the medium of the organisms unfit for their further existence and 
 development, so that they die off in consequence. This last 
 named change may be effected by the removal or chemical alter- 
 ation of one or more particular substances upon the presence of 
 which the life of the organisms depends. It is thought by the 
 best authorities that infectious diseases are directly caused by the 
 action of chemical poisons elaborated by micro-organisms, so that 
 true disinfectants must either be able to prevent the production 
 of these poisons, or to destroy them when formed. It may then 
 be taken for granted that if chemical re-agents can be obtained 
 which will on the one hand prevent organic matters from passing 
 into a state of putrefaction, and which will on the other hand 
 destroy the poisonous products Avhich are generated thereby, we 
 have in those chemical re-agents reliable and certain Disinfect- 
 ants. Such preparations are the " Sanitas " products. 
 
 Microbes are found everywhere, and immediately that they 
 gain access to the human body and find therein the conditions 
 suitable for their life and multiplication, disease ensues as the 
 direct consequence ; and disease spreads by communication of 
 the spores or germs of the said microbes to other persons. 7'o 
 avoid contagion or the spread of disease we depend upon the use 
 of reliable disinfectants which, by their proper application, are 
 calculated to destroy the infectious organisms and to protect 
 others from their insidious attacks. For a more complete ac- 
 count of the present state of scientific knowledge regarding this 
 subject readers are referred to " Nature's Hygiene," a Systematic 
 Manual of Natural Hygiene by C. T. Kingzett, F.I.C., F.C.S., 
 Vice-President Society of Public Analysts, England. 
 
 In the practical employment of Disinfectants there has in times 
 past been one great difficulty, and that was the want of a sub- 
 stance which, while it could be relied upon as an effective Dis- 
 infectant, should yet have such general properties as to allow 
 of its free use in the household. Poisonous substances are 
 inadmissible on account of the danger involved by their use ; 
 other substances are disqualified by reason of the ruinous stain 
 which they impart to linen, bedclothes and furniture, and others 
 again on account of their unpleasant and corrosive properties. 
 All this difficulty has been removed by the discovery of the 
 "Sanitas" products, which act both as oxidants and antiseptics ; 
 which are fatal to every organism in regard to which they have 
 
been tested, and which are perfectly non-poisonous, colorless 
 and give no stain ; moreover, they are of an agreeable, fragrant 
 character and constitute natural Disinfectants. 
 
 One statement is sufficient to prove the value of the "Sanitas " 
 products, and that is this : in various forms (Fluids, Powders and 
 Soaps) they are well known to, and highly recommended by, 
 many eminent medical and scientific authorities in the United 
 States where they are employed by a great number of Hospitals, 
 Asylums and Public Institutions. The Sanitary Officers of most 
 Local Boards of Health and other Sanitary and Public Bodies in 
 Great Britain use '"Sanitas" as the best agent they can employ 
 for the prevention of the spread of infectious and contagious 
 diseases. 
 
 THE "SANITAS" PRODUCTS, 
 
 THEIR HISTOET AND &ENEEAL DESCRIPTION. 
 
 The mysterious agency of certain plants and trees in promoting 
 the salubrity of the surrounding atmosphere has long remained 
 without precise explanation. 
 
 By dint of experience, man has learned that the presence oi 
 jjine-trees is favorable to the purity of the air, and grateful to 
 patients suffering from diseases of the lungs. French writers of 
 the romantic school ofttimes place their invalid heroine in a pine 
 wood, and describe the invigorating effect of the pleasant bal- 
 samic perfume exhaled by it on lungs weakened by brealliing the 
 heated and poisonous air of the ball-room. 
 
 The pine groves of Bournemouth, Arcachon and other places 
 have long enjoyed a great reputation for restorative power, and 
 camping-out parties have for many years past been formed in 
 America for the express purpose of dwelling for a space in the 
 salutary atmosphere of the pine forest. Naturally, the most 
 apparent character of tiic atmosphere surrounding pine-trees was 
 from the first associatetl with the curative power so much prized. 
 It was found tiiat air «:harged with pine odors was inexpressibly 
 grateful to sick persons ; and without going any deeper into the 
 subject, the strong resinous scent was accepted as tlie curative 
 agent. 
 
 Another instance of the hygienic influence of vegetation has 
 been supplied by the blue gum-tree of Australia— otherwise the 
 
Eucalyptus globulus. During recent years this tree and the other 
 members of the same genus have deservedly acquired a high 
 reputation for rendering localities previously uninhabitable on 
 account of malaria, wholesome and fit for habitation by man. In 
 Algeria and in Portugal, previously unhealthy valleys have been 
 made salubrious by the simple process of planting the blue gum- 
 tree. At a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of London, 
 February 2d, 1876, a paper by Mr. R. G. Glover, gave a striking 
 instance of the fever-preventing power of this handsome tree. 
 
 In perhaps the most desolate part of the Campagna, some three 
 miles from Rome, is a monastery in which a band of monks bat- 
 tled for existence with the malaria which gradually depopulated 
 the Campagna. For centuries the fever-striken monks endeavored 
 to hold their own against it until the close of the last century, 
 when the monastery was deserted. 
 
 Some years ago the great repute of the Australian gum-tree 
 attracted the attention of some Trappist monks, who at once put 
 the powers of this wonderful tree to the test. They begged to be 
 allowed to occupy the long deserted buildings, and began to 
 make the old ruinous place habitable once more. They obtained 
 some plants of the Eucalyptus, and placed them in the devastated 
 cloisters. The plants throve, and have developed into trees over 
 thirty feet in height. Having as yet, no experience of the mar- 
 vellous properties of the tree, the monks did not live there, but 
 during the summer and autumn they might be seen in the evening 
 tramping their weary way to the city, to avoid sleeping in the 
 dreaded locality. 
 
 So things continued for four years of their occupancy, when 
 the first plantation had grown into trees of goodly size, and the 
 whole of the ground within the monastery had been planted. 
 
 For many years now, all the monks have inhabited the hitherto 
 fatal spot, none sleeping away, but remaining day and night dur- 
 ing the whole year in what was formerly the most fever-stricken 
 part of the Campagna. 
 
 On the 30th April, 1876, Dr. Fedeli presented to the Roman 
 Academy of Medicine a paper on the properties of the blue 
 gum-tree, and adduced strong evidence to prove that the plant 
 is a powerful febrifuge, and that wherever it has been cultivated 
 endemic malaria has disappeared. Since then, the Italian gov- 
 ernment has supplied landholders with large quantities of slips of 
 the tree for forming plantations in all malarious districts. 
 
 Again, it has been observed that wooden hospitals are particu- 
 
larly efficacious, as inducing rapid convalescence — a fact hardly 
 susceptible of more than one explanation, viz., that the resinous 
 and turpentine-like bodies existing in the wood exhale, under 
 ordinary conditions, vapors grateful to the human organism. 
 
 Closely connected, too, with the health-preserving influence of 
 the pine-tree, and of the Australian blue gum-tree, is the pro- 
 phylactic power of camphor and thymol. For ages before pine 
 woods became known as health-giving spots, or the anti-malarial 
 influence of eucalyptus trees had been observed, camphor had 
 enjoyed an extraordinary reputation as an antiseptic. To this 
 day it is worn by thousands of persons as a preservative against 
 fever, cholera and small-pox. 
 
 The clue to this chain of circumstances has been furnished 
 by Mr. C. T. Kingzett, F.I.C., F.C.S., as the result of a dis- 
 covery which, like many others, ultimately of great practical 
 value to mankind, grew out of a purely scientific investigation. 
 Mr. Kingzett engaged in a prolonged inquiry into the nature 
 and influence of certain natural processes of oxidation. Since 
 Dr. Davy's observations, the belief had grown and become ac- 
 cepted, that ozone, as it exists in the air, constitutes the great 
 purifying influence in nature. Attempts were made to establish 
 a relation between certain diseases and the absence of ozone 
 from the atmosphere. Freedom from various infectious diseases 
 had been considered to stand in a sort of proportion to the 
 amount of ozone present in the air at certain places and at cer- 
 tain times. Men talked glibly of ozone. It had one great ad- 
 vantage over the majority of scientific expressions — it was short ; 
 it presented no quantitative difficulties. Very few people outside 
 of the scientific world knew precisely what it meant, and it was 
 found convenient to ascribe to it all kinds of qualities. The 
 health-restoring property of sea-air was derived from ozone. 
 One heard even of ozone baths. As time rolled on, it came to 
 be believed that plants when exposed to the air evolved this 
 precious gas by the process known as slow oxidation, while flow- 
 ers did not. But it rs now admitted that the real proof of the 
 production of this active principle was not forthcoming, for the 
 methods of identification did not distinguish between ozone and 
 a kindred substance, peroxide of hydrogen. Mr. Kingzett found 
 reason to believe that plants do not produce o/one, but peroxide 
 of hydrogen, and undertook a series of ex|)crimenls to clear up 
 this moot point in natural chemistry. He accordingly submitted 
 to the inlliK-ni /• <>{ itlmospherio air and oxygen a large number ot 
 
oils, such as the oils of turpentine, carraway, berganiot, eucalyp- 
 tus and juniper. He found that oxygen was absorbed rapidly 
 by all these substances, and in the case of turpentine to an 
 enormous extent. It must be recollected that these oils do not 
 absorb oxygen in the sense that water dissolves sugar, for the 
 gas enters into combination with them and forms new substances. 
 Of all the substances tested, turpentine possessed in the highest 
 degree the faculty of absorbing oxygen. Mr. Kingzett next 
 found that when turpentine was exposed to a current of air in 
 the presence of water, especially at summer temperatures, oxygen 
 was absorbed, the oil became oxidized into a compound unstable 
 in the presence of water, and splitting up thereby into peroxide 
 of hydrogen, camphoric acid, &c. The result of these experi- 
 ments was to convince the investigator, firstly, that the hygienic 
 influence common to groves of pine and blue gum-trees is to be 
 attributed to the constant evolution of peroxide of hydrogen, 
 soluble camphor, camphoric acid, thymol and certain other cam- 
 phoraceous bodies, caused by the volatilization and oxidation of 
 naturally secreted oils ; and secondly, that this depended upon 
 the atmospheric oxidation of the "terpene," or principle of tur- 
 pentine common to all, and most powerful in the ordinary turpen- 
 tine of commerce derived from the pine. 
 
 Having then arrived at the facts that the healthy atmosphere 
 of a pine wood or an eucalyptus forest is due to the presence of 
 peroxide of hydrogen and camphoraceous substances produced 
 by the atmospheric oxidation of the essential oils secreted by 
 those trees, and that these valuable natural purifiers can be pro- 
 duced from common turpentine, Mr. Kingzett manufactured 
 them in such quantities as would make them practically avail- 
 able as antiseptics and disinfectants — in short, to imitate the 
 effect produced on a grand scale in Nature's own laboratory. 
 The disinfectant properties of peroxide of hydrogen has long 
 been known to medical men ; but its mode of preparation has, in 
 the past, been so expensive that it could not be used for sanitary 
 purposes. His discovery consists in the antiseptic qualities of 
 peroxide of hydrogen, the identification of the purifying power 
 of the pine and eucalyptus, and the invention of a method of 
 preparation which brings their total healthful principles within 
 the reach of the public. 
 
 By exposing a large quantity of turpentine floating on water 
 to a hot blast of air — much the same as molten iron is in the 
 Bessemer " converter " — a watery solution, composed of peroxide 
 
of hydrogen, camphoric acid, camphor, tliymol, &zc., is produced, 
 and an oxidized oil, containing a great quantity of camphoric 
 peroxide. To these products, in common with others since dis- 
 covered, the appropriate name of " SANITAS " has been given, 
 and this name has been registered as the Company's " Trade 
 Mark " for all their various manufactures. By dint of gradual 
 improvement and new discoveries, great perfection has been 
 attained in making "Sanitas" products. 
 
 From what has been said, it will be evident that the inventions 
 which have been described in the foregoing lines, are the result 
 of a close study of the chemistry of Nature, and the application 
 of her method to the artificial production of materials capable of 
 imitating her hygienic work with the greatest exactitude. 
 
 The "Sanitas" products fill an important gap in the long array 
 of antiseptics and disinfectants. One of the most popular of 
 these, as an aerial disinfectant, cannot, on account of its ruinous 
 stain, be sprinkled on bedclothes and furniture, as it would de- 
 stroy them. Another has a disgusting odor and is poisonous. A 
 third destroys goods and clothing, and is also poisonous. "Sani- 
 tas " fluid has none of these disagreeable properties, and leaves 
 no stain after its perfect evaporation, which cannot fail to take 
 place. It may be thrown over bed-clothing, furniture and car- 
 pets with perfect safety, and from its non-i)oisonous (piality, may 
 be used with equal impunity in preserving edibles from corrup- 
 tion. As a true antiseptic it j)revents according to the testimony 
 of the highest independent witnesses, putrefaction and acetifica- 
 tion of beer, wines, milk, ike, and at the same time it is a disin- 
 fectant in the proper sense of the word, destroying any disease 
 germs or septic poisons with which it comes in contact. Through- 
 out the civilized world the "Sanitas " products have now obtained 
 wide recognition and approval, their excellence having been 
 certified by a large number of medical ofticers, chemists and 
 other sanitary authorities of the first order. They will keep pure 
 the air of barracks, workshops, schoolrooms and ordinary rooms, 
 and are of the greatest use in disinfecting cellars, kennels, cattle- 
 sheds, slaughter-houses, meat markets, dairies, sculleries and 
 other offices of the household. Their efficacy in this respect has 
 been demonstrated in the most sati.sfaotory manner at many 
 recent Poultry, Dairy, Cattle, Horse and Dog Shows, held in New 
 York, I, ondon, and elsewhere, (see Reports). Crude *" S.mitas " 
 will |)urify the holds of ships, will sweeten musty barrels, wine and 
 beer bottles ;iii(l tubs, It is als(; useful on shipbo.ird for des- 
 
troying the detestable odor of bilge-water. Meat, fish, fruits, 
 and all solid foods may be preserved by immersing them in the 
 Fluid, or wrapping them in cloths moistened with it, or by spraying 
 them from time to time. Milk also may be kept sweet and fresh in 
 the hottest weather by the addition of " Sanitas " Fluid as directed. 
 
 To Corporations and Public Institutions generally, the " Sani- 
 tas" Powder and other products are invaluable, as will be seen 
 on consulting the Reports which follow hereafter. Indeed, the 
 "Sanitas" products are now in use by most Corporations, Hos- 
 pitals, Asylums, Railway and Shipping Companies and Public 
 Institutions in the British Empire, and by many in United States, 
 while their efficiency has been tested and certified by the most 
 eminent scientists of England, the Continent and America. 
 
 In addition to these economic and hygienic uses, "Sanitas" 
 Fluid is an article of luxury. Mingled with water in the propor- 
 tion of one pint to ten gallons of water, it produces a most delight- 
 fully refreshing bath. 
 
 "SANITAS" PREPARATIONS AND 
 DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR USE. 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING TLTIID. 
 
 This preparation is a colorless aqueous solution of a fragrant 
 odor, non-poisonous, and does not stain linen or carpets. Being 
 non-poisonous, it is the only Disinfectant which may be adminis- 
 tered internally for the treatment of such diseases as Dysentery, 
 Cholera and Typhoid Fever. Its active principles include Per- 
 oxide of Hydrogen, Thymol, a soluble Camphor, Camphoric 
 Acid, and other substances, which collectively give to it its 
 pleasant pine-like odor. "Sanitas" Disinfecting Fluid is not 
 merely a germicidal agent and antiseptic, but it also prevents the 
 formation of the toxic products of putrefaction and destroys by 
 oxidation all existing toxic products. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 
 
 For general use in the House .•—Sprinkle about the carpets and floors, and 
 spray into the atmosphere. 
 
 Isolation of the ^/cA-;— Steep sheets or cloths in the Fluid, wring out, and 
 then hang them across the door of the infected apartment or sick room (one in- 
 side and one outside). 
 
In cases of Cholera, Dysentery and Typhoid Fever, doses of the Fluid should 
 be given, from time to time, under the direction of the medical attendant (half 
 a wine glass filled up with water). 
 
 In Scarlet Fever, and other diseases aflecting the skin, the patient's body 
 should be cold sponged under the direction of the medical attendant with the 
 Fluid diluted with five times its own bulk of water, the iame solution being 
 used for spraying or gargling the throat. 
 
 Washing the Sick: — All water used for washing purposes should be ren- 
 dered antiseptic by the addition of, say, a wine-glass of the Fluid to each quart 
 of water emijloyed. 
 
 Wounds and Sores before drcbbing should be washed with the P'luid, mixed 
 with an equal quantity of water. 
 
 In cases of Ear Discharges, Nasal Disease, Suppurating Wounds, and 
 sloughing Ulcers, the Fluid should be diluted with twice its own volume of 
 water and applied by syringe, douche, bandage or atomizer, to the seat of the 
 disease. 
 
 In Bronchitis, Diphtheria and Sore Throat, a gargle, made by mixing one 
 part of the Fluid with three times its own volume of water, should be used three 
 or four times a day. 
 
 4s an Antiseptic Wash for use by Surgeons, the Fluid may be employed with- 
 out dilution. It oxidizes all putrid products and keeps wounds healthy, 
 without irritation or toxic effects. 
 
 As an Anti-Pruritic, the " Sanitas " Fluid, diluted with an equal part of 
 water, should be used. 
 
 All Sores and Wounds of Animals, such as broken shoulders, saddle galls, 
 stable wounds, sui)purative and ulcerous wounds, Sec, should be washed with .1 
 mixture of the Fluid with its own volume of water about twice a day, and always 
 before dressing them. 
 
 Mange may be completely cured by washing the body of the afifectcd animal 
 several times a day with a mixture of the Fluid diluted with its own volume of 
 water. 
 
 Foot and Mouth Disease : — Syringe out the mouth and throat of the animals 
 with the Fluid diluted with its own volume of water, twice a day. and wash the 
 hoofs with the pure Fluid. Add also one wine-glass of the Fluid to each lot of 
 drinking water. 
 
 To Preserve Meat, Fish and Game : — Spray the articles once or twice a day 
 with the Fluid diluted with an equal bulk of water. 
 
 In the Bath and Washing Water: — Add the Fluid according to liking ; it 
 purifies the skin, oxidi/.cs .ill impurities and increases the luxury of the bath. 
 
 As a Mouth and Tooth Wash : — Use one tablcspoonful to each wine-glass 
 of water. 
 
 Offensive Breath : — This unpleasantness is removed by adding a tablespoon 
 ful of " Sanitas" to a wine glass of water used as a mouth wash. 
 
 For use in Water Closets : — A bottle of the Fluid should be kept in every 
 closet, and a little of the Fluid should be poured into the pan every time the 
 closet is used. 
 
 Diluted with nine times its volume of water, it has no action on steel 
 instruments. 
 
 " SANITAS " FLUID is sold in 40c. bottles, and can \>c had by the gallon 
 »nd in barrels. 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING OIL, 
 
 "Sanitas" Oil derives its intense antiseptic, j^crmicidal and 
 oxidizing properties from tlie presence of Camphoric Peroxide 
 
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 and other substances; and it is equal in oxidizing strength to a 
 lo-volume solution of Peroxide of Hydrogen, while it is perfectly 
 free from toxic effects when employed as an Antiseptic Dressing 
 for use in Surgery. Being volatile at low temperatures, it may 
 be usefully employed both as an Air Purifier and for the genera- 
 tion of an Antiseptic Vapor, which is particularly beneficial in 
 the treatment of all Lung and Throat complaints. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 
 
 Fumigation of a sick-room or dwelling may be effected by placing an ounce 
 (more or less according to the size of the apartment) of the Oil upon some water 
 in a saucepan or kettle, and boiling the mixture so that the fumes escape freely 
 into the apartment. 
 
 Diphtheria, Brohchitis and General Throat Complaints ; — Breathe freely sev- 
 eral times a day, the vapor generated by boiling water upon which a few drops 
 of " Sanitas " Oil have been placed. Or apply a spray with a vaporizing atom- 
 izer Sanitas Oil i part and Olive Oil 3 parts. 
 
 Burns, Chapped Hands and Lips, Wounds, &c.. should be dressed with a 
 mixture of 7 ])arts Olive Oil and i part " Sanitas" Oil. 
 
 Eczema : — For treatment of this complaint the same mixture of Olive and 
 " Sanitas" Oils should be applied by a feather or soft brush every morning and 
 evening. 
 
 For Burns (special) : — Apply a mixture of 4 ounces " Sanitas" Oil with 16 
 ounces of the Oil and Lime water Liniment (Z/wzw^w^ At/ : Calcis) as a dressing. 
 
 Ring Worm : — Rub in the " Sanitas" Oil night and morning until the skin* 
 whether of the head or elsewhere, becomes pretty sore, and then rub in les^ 
 frequently for a few days. On being allowed to heal, the disease will have en- 
 tirely disappeared. 
 
 Woodwork aud Furniture are thoroughly disinfected by rubbing over with a 
 flannel upon which a small quantity of '' Sanitas" Oil has been placed. 
 
 Greenhouses, &c. , may be freed from blight and other obnoxious insects by 
 fumigation with " Sanitas" Oil as above described. 
 
 To Purify the Air of dwelling rooms, place in saucers a small quantity of 
 " Sanitas" Oil, or sawdust over which the Oil has been sprinkled. 
 
 Husk of Cattle : — This disease may be readily cured by causing the animals 
 to breathe the vapor of " Sanitas" Oil. It should be sprinkled on cotton wool 
 in a nose bag. 
 
 Sores and Wounds, Ulcers and Suppurative Surfaces should be anointed 
 with " Sanitas " Oil, mixed with some suitable bases, or bandages impregnated 
 with the " Sanitas" Oil, diluted with Olive Oil should be employed. 
 
 To make Antiseptic Gauze Free from Toxic Properties : — Melt 3 parts Dam- 
 mar resin with 3 parts i)arafiine wax and i part or more " Sanitas" Oil, and use 
 the mixture whilst hot for impregnating book muslin, employing pressure while 
 still hot to squeeze out any excess of the antiseptic mixture. Afterwards store 
 in an air-tight case. 
 
 For Producing a Perfect Antiseptic Spray, use the pure " Sanitas" Oil, or 
 the emulsion (diluted with water to the re(juired extent) described below. 
 " Sanitas" aqueous fluid may also be used for spraying. 
 
 For Oiling Catheters, Speculas, and wiping oyer the hands and fingers of 
 the Operator, " Sanitas" Oil mixed with Olive Oil in the proportions of i to 20 
 is useful. A mixture of i to 10 may be employed to soak lint for introduction 
 into deeper wounds. 
 
 "Sanitas" Oil in Alcohol : — A solution of i in 10 parts Rectified Spirit may 
 be applied to septic wounds, and i to 20 may be used for injuries to the head. 
 
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 " Sanitas" Oil Emulsion: — Take powdered gum acacia i part and well 
 triturate with 4 parts " Sanitas ' Oil ; then add 2 parts water all at once and stir 
 vigorously until the emulsion is produced. This emulsion may be diluted with 
 water in any proportion and is therefore available for spraying and dressing 
 purposes. 
 
 Ointment can be readily made by melting together 28 parts " Vaseline," or 
 other hydrocarbon, I part paraffine wax and i part "Sanitas" Oil. 
 
 "Sanitas" and Iodoform Emulsion : — Take 96 grains "Sanitas" Oil, 96 
 grains powdered gum acacia, 8 grains ioiloform and add water to 2 fluid ounces. 
 
 Iodoform in "Sanitas" Oil : — Iodoform is readily soluble in " Sanitas" Oil, 
 especially when the Oil is used warm. Iodoform may be administered as an 
 inhalation by the use of the solution of it in " Sanitas" Oil. 
 
 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :—" Sanitas" Oil may be safely relied upon as a 
 trustworthy Antiseptic, Oxidant and Disinfectant, and in any case where it is 
 feared putrefaction may set in, or in any case in which that process already 
 exists, •' Sanitas'' Oil may be employed with confidence as to the result. It is 
 perfectly miscibic with |)etroleum bases, and with other oils, fat, and waxes. 
 
 N. B. — "Sanitas" Oil is inflammable. 
 
 " SANITAS" OIL is sold in 40c. bottles ; and can be had by the gallon 
 and in barrels. 
 
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 SANITAS" CRUDE DISINFECTING FLUID. 
 
 This product may be diluted with water (witli which it makes 
 a milky solution), to any desired extent. It has been especially 
 designed for street watering and for disinfecting Sewage and 
 large accumulations of organic refuse upon a clteap scale. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 
 
 Drams should be kept sweet by occasionally pouring down a mixture of a 
 wine-glassful of Crude " Sanitas" in about half-a-pint of water. 
 
 Street Watering : — Mix from one-(juartcr to one-half a pint with each 100 
 gallons of water employed. This dilute solution effectually corrects all unpleas- 
 ant odors and prevents putrefaction, particularly upon wooden pavements. 
 
 General Use : — Dilute with 10, 50, or 100 volumes of water, according to 
 the intensity of the nuisance to be corrected and add to the oflensive matter. 
 Market and farmyard sweepings, stable refuse, manure and bone heaps, bad 
 meal, etc., should be treated as directed. 
 
 Mortuary Reifuirements are well met by using this preparation diluted with 
 ten or twciiiy times its own volume of water. 
 
 Dog, Cattle ami Horse Shotvs arc kept quite sweet and pleasant by water- 
 ing with a mixture of one [)arl Crude " Sanitas" with from 50 to 100 parts 
 water. 
 
 Bilge Water is instantly dcodori/.ed by adding about iia!f-a pint of Crude 
 " Sanitas" to each 100 t^allons. 
 
 Water and Earth Closets: — A bottle of Crude "Sanitas" shodid be kept 
 in all closets and a few drops used each lime : or use every ilay as directed 
 .ibove — " Drains." 
 
 Ash Barrels and Pits s\\<n\]d be kept free from putrefaction by sprinkling 
 over the contents a little of the crude " Sanitas" from lime to tunc ; a solution 
 diluted twenty linics with water, and applied by means of a watering can, may 
 be employed for'lhiH purpose. 
 
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 Floors and Walls are readily disinfected by adding a little of the Crude 
 " Sanitas" to the scrubbing water. For sick room purposes use about a tea- 
 cupful to the gallou ; it wiiitens the boards and imparts a fragrant freshness to 
 the rooms. 
 
 Infected Linen and Clothing should be washed in a mixture of i part to lo 
 parts of water. A much smaller proportion should be used under ordinary cir- 
 cumstances. It bleaches linen and does not injure the clothes. 
 
 For Wheat Dressing : — It is a certain remedy against smut, mildew, etc. 
 Add 1 part to 20 parts of water, and moisten the seed with the mixture. 
 
 CRUDE "SANITAS" is sold in 40c. bottles, and can be had by the 
 gallon and in barrels. 
 
 " SANITAS" DISINFECTING POWDER. 
 
 " Sanitas" Disinfecting Powder is fragrant and stronger as an 
 antiseptic than 20 per cent. Carbolic Acid Powder, besides which 
 it possesses also powerful oxidizing properties, thus exhibiting a 
 two-fold character not rivalled by any other product. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 
 
 Place in dishes about the room, and renew from time lo time. 
 
 Keep about an ounce of it constantly in all chamber utensils, particularly 
 in cases of cholera, typhoid fever and dysentery. 
 
 Mix a J^ lb. with water for purifying earth closets, cesspools, drains, &c. 
 
 Sprinkle it freely about urinals, fish markets, public places, &c.. and over 
 drains. 
 
 Sprinkle it freely about stables, factories and mortuaries. 
 
 Pigsties, farm and poultry yards may be kept quite free from all bad smells 
 and disease by its use. 
 
 For disinfecting cattle trucks and slaughter houses, make the Powder into 
 a kind of whitewash by mixing it with water and use it as such. 
 
 Disinfect walls and ceilings as described in preceding paragraph. 
 
 For purifying roads and streets, sprinkle the Powder well about just before 
 using the water carts. 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING POWDER is sold in tins with sprinkler 
 tops, 40c. ; and in barrels. 
 
 ■ SANITAS" DISINFECTING SAW-DUST. 
 
 A clean and effective preparation for use in markets, kennels, 
 stables, &c. It is very rapid in its action not only as a deodorizer 
 but also as an air purifier. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 
 
 This is a very strong preparation, and may be diluted with from i to 50 
 parts of ordinary sawdust according to requirement. 
 
 Place it in dishes about the rooms. 
 
 Put about 34 ounce in cuspadores. 
 
 Sprinkle it about stables, kennels, pigsties, farm and poultry yards, facto- 
 ries and mortuaries. 
 
 Bad smells and disease may be removed by its use. 
 
 For use in post-mortem examinations; and for placing in coffins it is inval- 
 uable. 
 
 Sold in bulk only. 
 
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 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING SOAPS. 
 
 All these Soaps are antiseptic and disinfectant in character. 
 
 Laundry Soap in ^ lb. cakes and in bulk, for scrubbing floors, 
 woodwork and washing linen and clothes. Its use prevents in- 
 fection spreading through the laundry, and it is used for these 
 purposes in many Workhouses, Institutions and Hospitals. 
 
 Toilet Soap in boxes of 3 tablets, 40c. The most delicious 
 toilet soap available. The best Antiseptic soap for the 
 
 SKIN. 
 
 "Sanitas" Disinfecting Animal {Soft) Soap. — This sub- 
 stance is of the greatest value for Washing Horses, Cows, Sheep, 
 Dogs and Cats, and for the destruction of Insects. 
 
 For Cracked Heels and all Wounds and Sores, it is unfailing. 
 
 For the Destruction of Lice on Cattle, it is infallible. 
 
 For Washing Dogs and Cats and the Cure of Mange : — It greatly improves 
 the hair, keeps the skin healthy, removes scurf and all unpleasant odors. 
 
 For Cure of Scab in Sheep, rub in every day until cured. 
 
 To Kill Ticks and Maggots, rub in as required. 
 
 For Ringworm, rub in the Soap daily until cured. 
 
 As a Soft Soap its use will be greatly appreciated for cleaning floors and 
 dressers, marble, furniture, brass and ))aint ; for, beyond its wonderful cleans- 
 ing properties, the Soap is a powerful Disinfectant. 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING ANIMAL (Soft) .SOAP is sold in 
 bottles, 40c., and in kegs. 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING JELLY. 
 
 In glass jars, 40c., also in bulk, 6 lbs. and upwards ; for disinfecting cuts, 
 wounds, burns and anointing the skin in the peeling stages of disease, and for 
 massage. 
 
 " SANITAS " DISINFECTING VETERINARY OINTMENT. 
 
 In pots, 40c. ; invaluable for application ti> all wounds, sores, galls, sprain^, 
 broken surfaces and skin diseases in the Horse, Dog, Cat and other animals. 
 
 PREVENTS AND CURES MANGE. 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING FURNITURE CREAM. 
 
 In bottles, 40c.; for polishing articles of furniuiic and disinfectin ■ .!vv<l! 
 ing rooms or hospital wards at the same time. A tplendid polish. 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING TOILET FLUID. 
 
 In stoppered bottles. 40c. ; fur w.ishing tin- uolh and numlli and curing 
 offensive breath ; for delicately scenting the aii of apartments ; (oruie in finger 
 jflasscs and in casradr.;, ^i Invaluable to aniokers. 
 
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 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING TOOTH POWDER. 
 
 In boxes, 40c.; is an admirable preparation for cleansing the teeth and 
 preserving them from decay and acidity. Its use insures a pure breath 
 
 "SANITAS" DISINFECTING INSECT DESTROYER. 
 (Liquid Soap.) 
 
 For tlie destruction of insects on plants and trees, and for general use as a 
 liquid soap, including washing of wood-work in Stables, Kennels and Conserva- 
 tories, and preventing the incrustation of boilers. 
 
 Sold in bottles, 40c. ; and can be had in gallons or by the barrel. 
 
 ''SANITAS" DISINFECTING SHEEP DIP. 
 
 A non-poisonous, combined Soap and Disinfectant, unrivalled for sheep 
 dipping, and for the cure of rot, scab, and other diseases of animals. It 
 bleaches and softens the wool, prevents the fly from striking, and kills all 
 insects. In bulk only. 
 
 TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 MEDICAL. 
 
 Health Department. — Buffalo, N. Y., December 24th, 1886. 
 
 At the request of the Comptroller. Mr. Joseph E. Barnard, who is also 
 one of the members of the Board of Health, I acknowledge the receipt of a 
 box of disinfectants as sent by your Company on the 15th inst. 
 
 The articles having been tested are found up to the mark in every particular. 
 
 Too much praise cannot be given your Company for the high standard of 
 excellence of their preparations. I sincerely hope you will continue to merit, 
 as you certainly deserve, the thanks of the people. 
 
 The Board will cheerfully recommend your preparations whenever called 
 upon so to do. 
 
 Thomas M. Cutting, Clerk Board of Health. 
 
 New York, May ist, 1888. 
 So far as I have been able to test your preparations I have been exceed- 
 ingly pleased with the results. The soap is very superior and I cannot com- 
 mend it too highly. 
 
 E. S. Bates, M.D. 
 
 New York, October loth, 1887. 
 
 Some six months ago I received from you a package of "Sanitas" prep- 
 arations. I have used them constantly in my practice and have had an 
 excellent opportunity to test their value. 
 
 The " Sanitas Oil" and "Jelly" I have found to be an excellent surgical 
 dressing and germicide, and superior to anything I have heretofore used for that 
 purpose. 
 
 The "Disinfecting Fluid" I have used both internally and externally in 
 twenty-seven cases of typhoid fever and twenty-three of diphtheria, besides 
 numerous cases of dysentery, and consider its action upon micro-organisms far 
 
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 better than carbolic acid or any other disinfectant. Besides its pleasant odor 
 renders it very easy to use or administer. 
 
 The Toilet preparations are simply admirable, and I do not hesitate to 
 freely recommend them. 
 
 J. VV. Small, M.D. 
 
 New York, January 31st, 1888. 
 
 The " Sanitas " Crude Disinfecting Fluid is an excellent disinfecting and 
 deodorizing agent ; thrown in foul .ind offensive closets it removes the offen- 
 sive smell and leaves in its jjjace the very pleasant odor of pine. 
 
 The white " Sanitas'' Disinfecting Fluid, being non-poisonous and having 
 a pleasant odor, is a good substitute for carbolic acid in the sick room. I have 
 also made use of the latter with ample satisfaction as directed by Lennox 
 Browne in his work on diseases of the throat, in all diseases of mucous mem- 
 brane, where carbolic acid is indicated. 
 
 Dr. Joseph S. Carreau. 
 
 Woman's Infirmary and Maternity Home 
 OF THE City of Np;\v York, January 25th, 1888. 
 A full trial of all the "Sanitas" preparations during the past year has 
 given the medical staff of this institution a fair opportunity for observing the 
 excellent effects resulting from their use. Where formerly the many disin- 
 fectants and antiseptics were tried with more or less satisfaction, the " Sanitas ' 
 agents have now in every case proven all the worth claimed for ihem. 
 
 James O'Reilly, M.D., Medical Director. 
 
 New York, November 2<1, 1887. 
 Allow me to say I have used your goods while connected with several 
 hospitals in Albany. For thorough disinfection in large institutions, T am 
 firmly convinced there is nothing equal to your "Sanitas" i)re|)arations. I will 
 continue to prescribe such until I find something more perfect. 
 
 Dr. K. E. Fivey, 
 
 New York, Janu.nry 27th, 1888. 
 After submitting your " Sanitas" to various tests, I find it possesses very 
 superior merits, more than any other disinfectant that I am ac(|uainted with ; 
 indeed, it seems to be etpial to all that you claim for it. 
 
 I think its general use not only in lios])itals and asylums, l>ul in all i>rivate 
 houses, would be greatly conducive to public health. 
 
 \VM. II. DWINKLIK, M.D. 
 
 Department ok Pumlic Charities and Correction, 
 HoM<E()PATHic Hospital, W. I., New York, October 31st, 1888. 
 
 In regard to the use of Crude " Sanitas" Fluid, I would say that I liave 
 used it diluted to sjiray the floors of our wards, and found it efficacious in allay- 
 ing odors and giving a pleasant aroma. 
 
 I have also used it very acceptably V)y j)ouring the crude into the cisterns 
 connected with the neniarest water closet basin so that the b.isin is lluslicd 
 with it at every discharge. 
 
 Another pleasant way to use it is to filla hand basin, where I>cdroon) connects 
 with bathroom, half full of hot water and then pour an ounce or two into this 
 when the balsamic odor given off will |icnctrate throughout the room. 
 
 I have used the Oil in our erysipelas rooms by distillation on oil stove. 
 
 The Laundry Soa|< is of service in urinals. 
 
 The Tooth I'owdcr leaves a sensation of cleanliness and purity in ilic 
 mouth, superior to any powder I have trieil. • • * 
 
 T. M. Strom;, M D., Chief of Staff. 
 
 EoHERT Guernsey, Ml)., in an article in The New Yorl: Metiimt Timet, 
 August, 1887 : 
 
 * * * It is certain that in carrying out the process which he supposes 
 to prevail in the great .ind perfect laboratory of nature, he h.is given the world 
 
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 in his "Sanitas" preparations the most pleasant and safe, if not the most effi- 
 cient antiseptics for general use yet discovered. 
 
 [The above remarks refer to C. T. Kingzett, F.C.S.] 
 
 The Doctor, New York, September i6th, 1887 : 
 
 Let me state that the Associate Editor of The Doctor, Dr. Frank T. 
 Barwis. has made a personal, thorough and convincing test with " Sanitas" in 
 one direction, and has cause to be thankful for the result obtained. An eczema 
 of the face vv^hich had given him great trouble for several years was removed 
 in a few days by a free use of the " Sanitas Oil " and " Sanitas" Toilet Soap. 
 
 Arthur T. Hills, M.D., Surgeon to Ward's Island Hospital, in an arti- 
 cle in The New York Medical Times, July, ) 888 : 
 
 Sanitas has been used at the Ward's Island Hospital with much satisfaction, 
 and we intend in our future service to use it much more extensively. 
 
 New York, November 4th, 1887. 
 About two months ago I received from you a package of " Sanitas " prep- 
 arations. I think they are excellent and very convenient, owing to the various 
 forms in which you put them up. 
 
 A. B. Jamison, M.D. 
 
 New York, January 7th, 1889. 
 In a very serious and chronic case of malarial typhoid, I gave " Sanitas " 
 with most satisfactory results. I shall now use it in every case of this charac- 
 ter I have. I use " Sanitas Oil " for many skin diseases and for some throat 
 troubles as a spray. 
 
 F. G. Welch, M.D. 
 
 The Nezv York Medical Times, November, 1887 : 
 
 The " Sanitas " preparations are rapidly growing in favor as germ destro)'- 
 ers and as antiseptics. We have had occasion to use the soft soap for sores 
 upon horses during the past summer and also the "Sanitas" veterinary oint- 
 ment with marvelous results. 
 
 Long Branch, N. J., March 14th, i888. 
 
 I have used and recommended several of your preparations of ' ' Sanitas " 
 with invariable satisfaction aud success as an antiseptic and disinfectant. I am 
 slow in giving up old friends tried for new ones unknown, hence have deferred 
 using "Sanitas" until I was conversant with its claims and properties as set 
 forth by an analysis. Experience confirming this, I am its friend. 
 
 The Toilet Fluid is agreeable and pleasant aside from its other properties. 
 The same may be said of the Toilet Soap. The Powder and Disinfecting Fluid 
 does away with the vile odors of other Disinfectants. 
 
 S. H. Hunt, M.D. 
 
 Washinoton, D. C, March 21st, 1888. 
 I take pleasure in commending the " Sanitas " preparations as very relia- 
 ble disinfectants and deodorizers, especially for medical uses and purposes. 
 
 They possess the great advantages of being without offensive odor, of being 
 unirritating, and not being poisonous. 
 
 This combination of good qualities is not found in any other disinfectant 
 in ordinary use. 
 
 Robert Reyburn, M.D. 
 Prof. Physiology, &c., Med. Dept. Howard University. 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 24th, 1886. 
 I received the case of samples you so kindly sent me in November, and 
 after a careful trial I am satisfied of their efficiency as disinfectants, and can cor- 
 dially recommend them for general use. 
 
 T hope they will be kept in stock by all druggists. 
 
 E. H. Si'OONF.R, M. D. 
 
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 Boston, Mass., April 20th, 1887. 
 I have used all kinds of disinfectants for twenty-seven years in my surgical 
 practice here and on steamer, and observed their use in Paris and London in 
 1880 and 1887, and as a disinfectant and antiseptic I can truly say it has no 
 equal ; also it is pleasant and agreeable as a pine forest. 
 
 A. W. K. Newton, M. D. 
 
 East Weymouth, Mass., Jan. 23d, i838. 
 I have used the " Sanitas " preparations sent me, and am much plea.sed with 
 them ; as a disinfectant in the sick room it is more agreeable to the patient than 
 any other I ever used. I shall make further trials of it. 
 
 G. W. Fay, M. D. 
 
 Worcester, Mass., Nov, 22d, 1887. 
 Your samples which you kindly sent long ago were received, and ever 
 since then I can say that I have ordered them almost every day in my practice. 
 They are reliable and have never failed to give entire satisfaction. 
 
 Frank G. Fay, M, D. 
 
 Springfield, O., September 18, 1887. 
 The sample bottle of " Sanitas" sent by your firm proved more satisfac- 
 tory than anything of the kind I have used. 
 
 L. S. Rice, M. D. 
 
 'Annals of Hygiene," PHILADELPHIA, Nov. i, 1887. 
 The " Sanitas " Disinfectant Preparations, so celeljrated in Europe * 
 are now manufactured in this country, thus greatly lessening their cost. 
 
 F. B. Jesseii, F. R.C.S., Surgeon to the Cancer Hospital, London, in a 
 communication to the "Medical Register" Philadelphia. March 31st, 1888 : 
 
 From a now considerable experience of the use of " Sanitas" as a dress- 
 ing, I am able to report most highly of its antiseptic qualities in the following 
 class of cases, viz. : 
 
 1. In all cases of operation. 
 
 2. As a dressing in cases of putrid and foul ulcers. 
 
 3. As an injection in ulceration or malignant disease of the uterus. 
 
 4. In a concentrated fr)rm (equal parts of "Sanitas" oil and glycerine), 
 for saturating tampons of absorbent wool for plugging the vagina in very 
 bad cases of cancer of the uterus. 
 
 5. As a mouth wash in cancer of the mouth and tongue. 
 
 * * * These cases arc sufficient, I think, to show that in "Sanitas" 
 we possess a substance which is a powerful antiseptic and disinfectant, and on 
 account of its universal applicability without danger to life, and from its cheap- 
 ness, I can strongly recommend it to the notice of surgeons generally and to 
 hospital authorities in particular. 
 
 Board of Health, New Haven. Conn., Dec ist, 1887. 
 We have found the "Sanitas" preparations excellent as doo<Iorizers. 
 
 Edward Coe, Health Inspector. 
 
 '* Lancet," April 25th, 18B5. 
 "Sanitas" now enjoys general favor as a disinfectant ; safe, pleasant and 
 useful. 
 
 Combination Hosimtal. Siiieldhall, Govan. Scotland, Nov. g."i886. 
 On July 5th last, one case of smallpox was admitted here, a girl aged eight 
 years, unv.^ccinatcd. conduent on the face, and scmi-conflucnt all over arms, 
 body and legs. From thi- very first I had her painted all over with a mixture of 
 R — 01 "Sanitas," l ounce. 
 Glycerine, 2 ounces, 
 of Olivae, ad 40 ounces. 
 
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 Liq. to be painted over the parts where they appeared dry. 
 
 This girl made a splendid recovery, and was dismissed on August 29 with- 
 out a mark upon her face or any part of her body. I never once detected the 
 usual smell of small-pox. I can safely say the same of other bad-smelling dis- 
 eases. The " Sanitas" fumigator was always kept going at regular intervals. 
 
 Fredk. a. Freer, Medical Superintendent. 
 
 Taken from ''A Cont)ihHtion to the Study of Disinfectants" ^^Practitioner," 
 October, 1884. No. 196; p. 264. By W. J. Miller, M.D., Dundee. 
 In four experiments in which lymph was mixed with "Sanitas" Fluid in 
 
 equal proportions, and the mixture was not employed till it had stood eight 
 
 hours, twelve hours, thirty-one and a half hours and seven days respectively, 
 
 the disinfection was complete. 
 
 Boston, Lincolnshire, England. 
 I have used " Sanitas," and its various compounds, very extensively, both 
 in private and hospital practice, and consider it one of the most valuable and 
 reliable antiseptic agents we possess. Its non-irrilating qualities fit it for the 
 dressing of wounds after operations where carbolic acid is found to disagree in 
 many cases. As an application in cases of cancer, I have found it most useful 
 in destroying foetor, and relieving pain. 
 
 A. Mercer Adam, M.D., Surgeon to the Boston Hospital. 
 
 TiTCHFiELD, Hants, England. 
 The " Sanitas" oil in combination with oil of cloves I find makes a good 
 embrocation for whooping cough ; to rub the spine and chest twice daily 
 answers capitally. I shall not fail to recommend your elegant preparations 
 when opportunity occurs. F. Rawle, M.R.C.S., &c. 
 
 Town Hall, Wakefield. 
 Since you sent to me some months ago samples of your " Sanitas " Oil, &c. , 
 I have used no other disinfectant in the Wards of the Corporation Fever Hos- 
 pital here. As to its disinfectant properties, its chemical composition speaks 
 for itself, but as a deodorizer I gave it the preference over all others, on the 
 ground that it is not poisonous, and its aroma is refreshing and grateful to the 
 feelings of the patients, whilst Carbolic Acid is very disagreeable to many 
 patients, and it only acts in ray opinion as a deodorizer by substituting a nastier 
 stench of its own. W. S. Wade, L.R.C.P., &c., Medical Officer of Health. 
 
 In course of a Lecture delivered before the Hygienic Society, at the Town Hall, 
 Berlin, Sanitatsrath, Professor Dr. Paul Nieineyer said : 
 Artificial disinfection by carbolic acid by no means replaces the purification 
 of the air Ijy ventilation, and should therefore be proceeded with only excep- 
 tionally and sparingly, as carbolized air violently irritates the organs of smell 
 and produces giddiness, nausea, and so forth ; much more in accordance with 
 the principles of health, is disinfection with the preparation "Sanitas," which 
 smells not verj' strongly, but agreeably, and exercises no poisonous effect. 
 
 The follo7ving extract is taken f-om a ^'' Lecture on the Skin and its Manage- 
 ment in Health," by William Allan famieson, AL D., Lecturer on Diseases 
 of the Skin, Edinburgh School of Medicine. 
 
 Sulphur Soaps are irritating, and so are Carbolic Acid Soaps ; the latter is 
 sometimes useful as a disinfectant, but when kept, the carbolic acid evaporates, 
 and with it any particular virtue. Coal-tar Soap is of little value in some 
 diseases of the skin, in most it does harm. One Soap I can recommend — 
 " Sanitas" Toilet Soap. A little of this soap goes a long way, the hair wlien 
 washed witli it feels free and clean on being combed. " Sanitas" Fluid itself, 
 diluted with four times as much water, makes a good wash for the hair. 
 
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 i8 Powis Road, Brighton, England. 
 Immediately after receiving your specimens, a young gentleman called to 
 consult me for Chronic Eczema of a year's standing on both legs, verj' tiiick 
 and red at the bend of the knees extending down and round both legs to the 
 ankles. I gave him an ounce of " Sanilas" Oil with directions to mix it with 
 seven ounces of Olive oil for applying with a feather over the eruption every 
 morning before putting on his linen drawers and to have his usual warm bath 
 at bed time. In about a week he called, accompanied with his mother, to say the 
 Doctor who was attending liim for a spinal curvature, was shocked on seeing 
 the state of his limbs and inentioned a skin doctor and wished him to consult 
 this specialist. The mother and son considered the skin improving and had no 
 wish to make a change. In two weeks more the cure was perfected which re- 
 sisted skilled treatment for twelve months. As I have not noticed any such 
 case in your reports, I think this will give you pleasure. 
 
 R. TUTHILL Massy, M.D., &c. 
 
 24 Gardiner's Place, Dublin. 
 I have found the inhalation of " Sanitas " Oil peculiarly useful in cases of 
 phthisis and bronchorrh<T3a. After trying many other drugs, I now use nothing 
 else for antiseptic inhalation with the skeleton respirator made for nie by Messrs. 
 Arnold & Son. Four or five minims of the Oil cirojjped on the lint will diffuse 
 a sufliciently strong vapor in front of the mouth and under the nostrils, to 
 render the inhaled air perfectly aseptic, and to introduce an antiseptic vapor 
 into the bronchi. When used several times a day, for periods each of half an 
 hour's duration, the " .Sanilas " exercises a beneficial effect in the course of the 
 disease. In spasmodic affections, such as asthma, the inhalation gives great 
 relief. The preparations being both powerful and safe, can be relied on as dis- 
 infectants in private practice. 
 
 E. MacDowel Cosgrave, M.D. 
 
 Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. 
 I have no hesitation in bearing favorable testimony to your product " Sani- 
 tas." As a dressing, it is perfect ; as a disinfectant, most satisfactory. I gave 
 it a fair trial in a case of comi)ound comminuted fracture of skull, laceration of 
 dura mater, and penetration of brain-substance tivo inches in depth. Removal 
 of bone from that depth ; life prolonged for nineteen days, and eventually lost 
 in acute pleuro pneumonia. Post-mortem section showed good repair, NOT A 
 trace ok pus, and fully satisfying my expectation of saving the poor fellow's 
 life until his chest trouble set in. In a case of this kind I think your "Sani- 
 tas" imuiluahle, as I should be rather reluctant to inject carbolaled remedies. 
 From my limited experience of "Sanitas" I would imagine it to become a 
 dressing of the first rank in the future. 
 
 K. MACl.OGitLiN, AH., M.B., T.C.D., Medical OflTicer of Health. 
 
 73 MirKi.KGATE, York, Eni;lani>. 
 Your " Sanitas " Ointment is in invariable use for anointing my lingers 
 at a midwifery c.xse ; and since using it have never had a septica-mic case in my 
 midwifery practice, which is a rather extensive one. 
 
 In a case of abscess of the lung in a child, with most horrible foelor of 
 breath, permeating the room. I was much pleast-d with the action of " Sanitas" 
 Oil as fumigation and iidialation in counteracting (he odor. 
 
 Kd. Pktcii, M.I).. (I.oi.d.) 
 
 5 GLKt)IK>W (JARDKNS, SOt;TH KKNStNGTON. S. W.. KnCI.ANP. 
 
 I have formed a high opinion of the preparations of "Sanitas" as local 
 and diffusible disinfectants, while ihcir agrccal)le fragrance obviates the objec- 
 tions which are sometimes raised to the use of s'>mc others. Tlie Oil poure<l 
 over typhoid and other evacuations, which have t<> be kept for observation, effects 
 complete dcodorization without nllcring their apprnr.Tncc. .and diluted, forms an 
 encellent preventive inunction for the body of a iie.s(|iiam.iting scarlatinal patient. 
 W. lir.ZLV Thornk. L.K C.P., M.R.C.S., &c. 
 
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 CoNiscLiFFE Road, Darlington, England. 
 I have found " Sanitas " Oil diluted wiih olive oil of much service in the 
 treatment of otorrhoea. 
 
 Henry R. Irwin, L.F.P.S. 
 
 WiTHERN, AlFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 
 " Sanitas " Jelly is a most valuable application to eczema in the dry stage, 
 to chapped hands and lips, and to bruises and excoriations. 
 
 A tin of the Powder has kept an ordinary midden free from smell for over 
 twelve months. From this preparation the oil appears to volatilize but slowly. 
 
 James Hurley, M.D. 
 
 "In the practical application of ' Sanitas' in the sick chamber, especially 
 when any of those diseases called ' contagious and infectious ' exist, this disin- 
 fectant may be used without stint and without fear, for it is not more expensive 
 than carbolic acid or chloride of lime, is more effective, and is not poisonous. 
 In small-pox, scarlet fever (especially during the peeling or desquamation pro- 
 cess), and other eruptive diseases, the medical man can (with safety) recommend 
 the skin of his patients to be bathed with it. In diphtheria, the mouth, throat, 
 and all the parts within reach may with safety and advantage be washed with 
 it, either by means of a syringe or a sponge dipped in the solution. In typhoid 
 fever, not only may the temperature of the body be reduced by bathing the skin 
 with it, but the poison-bearing discharges from the bowels may be prevented 
 from undergoing the putrefactive process by being treated with it. In typhus 
 the overcrowded room may be oxygenated by the frequent use of it through an 
 efficient spray producer, whilst in cases where there are syphilitic or other ill- 
 conditioned ulcers, the diseased parts may be dressed with this disinfectant and 
 the ill-effects of their corroding discharges thus arrested, and healthy action 
 of the surfaces promoted." 
 
 Alfred Haviland, M.R.C.S. 
 Medical Officer of Health to the Northampton 
 Combination of Sanitary Authorities. 
 
 Extract from a work " On Affections of the Luvgs and Throat a^xd their Treat- 
 ment by Inhalation" by ^WAAKU. ABBOTTS, M.D., M.R.C.P. , and M.R.C.S., 
 London. 
 
 "The inhalation of 'Sanitas' vapor is especially valuable, as a remedial 
 agent, in relaxed sore throat, in diphtheria, in nasal catarrh, in ozoena, in deaf- 
 ness arising from obstruction of the eustachian tubes by inspissated mucus, in 
 asthma, in bronchitis (particularly the chronic form), in pneumonia (greatly 
 diminishing the offensive odor of the breath and sputa), in phthisis, and in all 
 infectious diseases — scarlet fever, small pox, measles," &c. 
 
 Sackville Street, London. 
 
 To the Editor of The Lancet : 
 
 " Sanitas" Oil. — I think it worth while to draw the attention of your 
 readers to the fact that " Sanitas " Oil completely covers the disagreeable smell 
 of iodoform in ointments, &c., besides being a valuable application in all ulcers, 
 specific or otherwise, in deodorizing and in helping the process of hearing. 
 
 James Startin, M.R.C.S. 
 
 " By the desire of Privy Councillor, Dr. Wilms, I write to inform you, with 
 reference to the samples of " Sanitas" you sent here for trial, that we have used 
 it in the Bethanian Hospital, as a dressing for strongly suppurating and slough- 
 ing wounds with good results, so that we must acknowledge and certify its dis- 
 infecting power." Dr. Karver, 
 
 Assistant Surgeon, Bethanian Hospital, Berlin. 
 
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 Venice. 
 We. the undersigned, Medical and Surgical Officers of the following hospitals, 
 liercby declare, that " Sanitas " is an excellent disinfectant and antiseptic. 
 
 Ugo — Dr. Bassi, 
 
 Physician of the City Hospital in Venice. 
 Paluello — Dr. Carlo, 
 
 Physician to the General Hospital of Venice. 
 Tuzzo — Dr. GuiSEPPE, 
 
 Physician of the City Hospital in Venice. 
 
 The following Extract is taken from the well-known work, " The Throat and 
 its Diseases," {see p. 166-167), by Lennox Browne, F.R.C..*-i.. Edinburj^li. 
 Senior Surgeon to the Central London Throat and Ear Hospital, Surgeon 
 and Aural Surgeon to the Royal Society of Musicians, to Her Majeiiy's 
 Opera, 6v. 
 
 The author has found very remarkable benefit from the employment as a 
 nasal douche of a fluid recently introduced as a disinfectant and aniiseplic, under 
 the empirical title of " Sanitas." This fluid is said to be a solution of peroxide 
 of hydrogen and camphoric acid, and is capable of liberating or evolving, on 
 contact with putrescibleor disease-brewing matters, several times its own volume 
 of nascent oxygen ; in other words it is an oxidiser or disinfectant, as are ozone 
 peroxide of hydrogen and permanganate of potash ; and at the same time it is 
 an antiseptic, as are carbolic, salicylic, and camphoric acids. To these qualifi- 
 cations may be added that its odor is agreeable, that it is colorless, and that it 
 neither stains nor destroys linen textures." 
 
 I have employed "Sanitas" not only in my own house, but also in our 
 Workhouse Infirmary, where I have about one hundred sick patients, a great 
 number of whom are bedridden, constituting what are called "Wet and Dirty 
 Cases." 
 
 Thus you will perceive that I have had a capital field for the trial of ils 
 efficacy as an antiseptic and disinfectant, and as the result of this trial I can 
 declare " Sanitas" to be far superior to any and every other of the highly 
 vaunted and extensively patronized disinfectants in common use. 
 
 It is undoubtedly of extreme importance that we now possess a disinfec- 
 tant which rids us of the abominable stink and poisonous qualities of some other 
 disinfectants. 
 
 Henry Bencraft, M.R. C. S., 
 
 Medical Officer of the Southampton Workhouse, and Sanitaiy (Afedicaf) 
 
 Officer to the Port of Southampton. 
 
 Royal Imkirmary, Manchester, England. 
 I am able to state that " Sanitas" is a capital deodorizer, and a vc-iy pleasant 
 agent to use, both to the surgeon and to the patient, it being less irritating (in- 
 deed it is the reverse of irritating) than Carbolic Acid. I prefer it to this agent 
 in many cases where I employ a disinfectant to wash out cavities or sinuses, and 
 when cicatrization has commenced, for a similar reason I consider it not only 
 the better application of the two, but in every way an admirable application. I 
 have found it very useful and agreeable too in the treatment of bed sores. 
 
 F. S. Brauley, M. R. C. S. 
 
 I am convinced that " Sanitas" is not only an admirable disinfectant, but 
 that it is also ihorouglily suitable for healing wounds and ulcers, from its dimin- 
 ishing the suppuration, cjuickcning the surface of the wound, and producing 
 rapid healthy granulation. 
 
 I decidedly prefer "Sanitas" to carbolic and salicylic acids. 
 
 Dr. Josei'II Hermann, 
 Head Impttial Royal Physician to the Hospital An der Wien 
 
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 Stour House, Dovercourt, April i8, 1886. 
 I think no one could wish for a pleasanter disinfectant than the " Sanitas " 
 Fluid diffused into the atmosphere of the sick-room by means of a spray-pro- 
 ducer. I have been lately attending a case of scarlet fever where this was done, 
 and although a whole family resided in the same house, not one has caught the 
 complaint. 
 
 Wm. W. Hardvvicke, M.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., L.M. 
 
 Medical Officer of Health, Harwich Borough. 
 
 N. B., February 22, r836. 
 You know what a difficult disease ringworm is to get rid of. Well, of all 
 the remedies I have tried, and I think I have tried pretty nearly every one that 
 has been proposed during the past twenty-three years, I have seen nothing so 
 effectual as the oil. I order it to be rubbed well in night and morning until 
 the skin, whether of the head or elsewhere, becomes pretty sore, and then an 
 occasional rubbing for a few days to keep up the effect. On being allowed to 
 heal then we find the disease gone. 
 
 Now, you can publish this fact if you like, but you are on no condition to 
 publish my name along with it. M.D., &c. 
 
 Extracts from " Criticisms on the Exhibits of Disinfectants at the Health Ex- 
 hibition," "Medical Times, October 11, 1S84, p. 4gg, by A. Wyntkr Blyth, 
 M.R.C.S., F.I.C., F.C.S., Medical Officer of Health for Marylebone." 
 
 " Sanitas." — Of all the substances introduced under the name of " Disin- 
 fectant," this is the most pleasant. 
 
 Of the numerous " Sanitas " preparations, liquid and solid, the Oil seems 
 to be the most active. Nothing replaces or destroys so rapidly the unpleasant 
 odor which tenaciously adheres to hands contaminated by contact with offensive 
 animal matters. It is also to be commended for use in stables, and as a correc- 
 tive of dung heaps, and of the sickly smell at times rising from the Metropolitan 
 wood pavement. 
 
 " Sanitas " appears a good antiseptic, and I noticed at the Exhibition meat 
 preserved in it. 
 
 DENTISTS. 
 
 Alfred T. Peete, in an Article in the "Southern Dental Journal," May, 
 j88y, entitled " Antiseptics and Disinfectants in Office Practice " {reaa before 
 the South Carolina Dental Association.^ 
 
 In " Sanitas" we have the ideal disinfectant, and experiments appear to 
 have sufficiently established its great power as a germicide. It is the most 
 rapid of deodorizers, is harmless, can be given internally, has a pleasant odor 
 and does not stain clothing. * * * i use " Sanitas " Oil for disinfecting 
 all cavities to be filled, especially root canals. When first penetrating a pulp 
 chamber I inject "Sanitas" Fluid freely, as also into root canals. * * * 
 The " Sanitas " Toilet Soap will remove from the operator's hands and person 
 any suggestion of offensive odors. The " Sanitas " Disinfecting Jelly, resem- 
 bling vaseline is an unequalled preparation for dressing wounds, burns and sores. 
 
 New York, March i8th, 1887. 
 I have been using the " Sanitas" preparations for the last three months 
 with the greatest satisfaction, and am convinced that if their virtues were more 
 fully known no family would be without them. In short I find them to be just 
 what you claim them to be. I-have fully tested the " Sanitas" Oil in my pro- 
 fession for the treatment of Alveolar abscess and pyaria alveolaris and find it 
 the most effective disinfectant, detergent and germ-destroyer that I have ever 
 used, and have been entirely successful in curing the most persistent ulcera- 
 tion. When dentists have once tested its virtues they will never be without it. 
 
 DwiGHT Smith, D.D.S. 
 
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 New York, Jan. 28th, 1888. 
 I have used your " Sanitas" constantly in my practice for the last three 
 months, and I think it possesses all the merit you claim for it. I have found it 
 valuable and recommend others to try it. 
 
 H. A. Parr, D. D. S. 
 
 Extract from a paper on " Sanitas " Oil. published in " The Independent Prac- 
 titioner" of America, April, 1S86, by A. W. Harlan, M.D., D.D.S. 
 Chicago, Ills. 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
 Chicago Chemical Laboratory, 
 
 Chicago, 3-10, 1886. 
 Dear Sir : — I have made several experiments with the liquids you left 
 for me. As regards tlieir disinfecting properties when brought in contact with 
 sulphuretted hydrogen and phosphoretted hydrogen, I used saturated aqueous 
 solutions of these gases and made several tests in each case, using lead acetate 
 solution and silver nitrate solution as indicators for Hg .Sand Hj P respectively. 
 1 (ind that one vol. of either the liquid or oil will easily deodorize and destroy the 
 Ho S solution in twenty-four to thirty-six hours completely, no indications of 
 its presence being given with lead acetate test. One vol. of the oil or liquid 
 will completely deodorize five vols, of the H, P solution in twenty-four hours, 
 no indication of 11;, P remaining. The oil is much more effective than the 
 aqueous liquid, and would undoubtedly give a much better showing with more 
 extended experiments. These tests were, of course, many times more severe 
 than you would subject the substances to in actual practice, as the solution 
 contained three and one-quarter vols, of H* S to one vol. of water, and the 
 Hg P solution was fully saturated. These liquids are undoubtedly powerful 
 disinfectants, and must prove very valuable in the practice of dental surgery. 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 Chas. B. Gibson, Prof. Chemistry. 
 Prof. A. W. Harlan, M. D., D.D.S. 
 
 The bottles above mentioned contained Sanitas oil and Sanitas Huid. 
 
 Dr. Harlan resumes: " In conclusion permit me to express the opinion 
 that .Sanitas is perhaps the sole substance not poisonous to human life, at the 
 present time, which is oertainly destructive of a-robic and an.xTobic germs 
 (Pasteur), and I believe also, that there are few scientific practitioners of den- 
 tal surgery who can dispense with its use after having fully and carefully tested 
 it in d.iily practice." 
 
 Mr. T. Charters White, M. R. C. S., L.D.S., Past President Queckett 
 Microscopical Club, England, writes : — " I have found ' Sanitas' Oil very valu- 
 able as a dressing to pulps after the application of arsenic. From my experi- 
 ence of its use I claim for it many advantages over carbolic acid, first in not being 
 caustic, and secondly, patients find its flavor more agreeable than either carbolic 
 acid or eucalyptus oil. I invariably now add ' Sanitas' Oil to my solution of 
 chloroform and mastic, as cotton saturated with this mixture does not become 
 so offensive when used as a temporary dressing. 'I'hc ordinary solution of 
 ' Sanitas" as kejJt by chemists, furnishes n fluid which may be injected into the 
 canals of teeth after the removal of the pulp with most beneficial results, being 
 a non-irritating antiseptic." 
 
 Mr. (lURNKi 1. If \M\ioNP, L.D.S. , England, writes ; — " Having thoroughly 
 tried this new proj)aration during some six months as a dressing to diseased 
 roots. I can speak most highly of its efficacy. Certainly it is one of the most 
 powerful anti'icptics and oxidants I have ever used ; it ajipcars to me superior 
 even to fucaly|)tus oil, and it docs not irritate in the smallest degree (unlike 
 carbolic acid, creasotc, etc.,) any of the delicate tissues with which it mny 
 accidently come into contact." 
 
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 SCIENTIFIC AND SPECIAL. 
 
 New York, November 8th, l886. 
 I have analyzed samples of your " Sauitas" Fluid and " Sanitas " Oil and 
 find them lo contain the active principles in accordance with your description. 
 I have visited you exiensive works in West 55th Street, New York, and have 
 examined your processes of manufacture of the said articles. Having for many 
 years made Peroxide of Hydrogen and employed it on a commercial scale, 
 having also used it as a Disinfectant, and lectured to Medical classes on its 
 antiseptic properties and commended it for its use in antiseptic surgerv, I can 
 claim to be familiar with this potent chemical agent. 
 
 The action of the oxygen of tiie heated air which you pass so voluminously 
 and for so many hours tliruugh turpentine in contact with water, produces valu- 
 able and effective oxidizing agents and antiseptics, such as Camphoric Peroxide, 
 Peroxide of Hydrogen. I'hym 1, Soluble Camphor and certain other compounds 
 all of which are easily detected by appropriate chemical tests. The "Sanitas" 
 Fluid contains Peroxide of Hydrogen, Thymol, Soluble Camphor and Cam- 
 phoric Acid, whereas, the 'Sanitas" Oil is heavily charged with Camphoric 
 Peroxide, a substance which possesses the great advantages that in the presence 
 of water it produces the Peroxide of Hydrogen. 
 
 There are no preparations to my knowledge which combine such valuable 
 Disinfecting and Antiseptic powers as the "Sanitas" Liquids, and which at 
 the same time are neither poisonous nor corrosive, not injurious to animal 
 tissues brought in contact with them, nor textile fabrics, nor the instruments of 
 the surgeon. Moreover, neither of them offends the sense of smell, and by the 
 ingenuity of the manufacture they are presented to the public at moderate 
 prices. 
 
 I most cordially commend these products of your chemical researches to 
 the members of the Medical Profession and to the community in general. 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 R. Ogden Doremus, M.D., LL.D. 
 Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology to the Bellevtu 
 Hospital Medical College, and Professor of Chem- 
 istry and Physics in the College of the City of 
 New York. 
 
 The following Certificate from Prof. H. E. Roscoe, M.P., LL.D., F.R.S.. 
 &c. {then President of the Chemical Society of London), was obtained and 
 submitted to the Boa7d of Trade as directed by that body. 
 
 The Owens College, Manchester. 
 I have pleasure in hereby certifying that "Sanitas" Oil and "Sanitas" 
 Powder are in every respect equal to one or other of the disinfectants now on 
 the list of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade. Also, that these two 
 substances act partly as antiseptics, like Carbolic Acid, and partly as oxidants, 
 like Condy's Fluid. Also, that the "Sanitas" preparations contain no hurtful 
 or poisonous ingredients. 
 
 " The various preparations of 'Sanitas' possess qualities which in several 
 respects — such as their freedom from staining, their non-poisonous charact€r, 
 their volatility, and the concentrated form in which they may be carried — render 
 them specially useful on board ships." 
 
 T. E. Thorpe, Ph. D., F.R.S., 
 Professor of Chemistry in the Yorkshire College, Leeds, 
 
 City Surveyor's Office, Exeter, England. 
 
 I have pleasure in informing you that your "Sanitas" Powder seems an 
 excellent disinfectant and deodorizer. 
 
 I have had it constantly used in the public urinals throughout the city, and 
 also to spread over the foul and offensive matter taken from old sewers during 
 
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 their reconstruction and repair ; in both cases in my opinion, all nuisance has 
 been avoided in a far better and more efficient manner than by the use of Car- 
 bolic Acid or Chloride of Lime, both of which I had always previously used. 
 H. Percy Boulnois, M. Inst. C. E., City Surveyor. 
 
 Public Health Department, Walsall, England. 
 We have had a large amount of scarlet fever, and the " Sanitas" liquids, 
 powder, soaps, &c., have been used in over one hundred infected houses, with 
 marked beneficial effect. Especially deserving of note is the fact that in three 
 cases of small-pox kept at home, we had no case arise from them, although one 
 case had to be nursed by the wife of the patient, the family consisting of patient, 
 wife, and two young children (oldest about four years). In the second case the 
 patient came down and mixed with the other members of the family in al)out 
 sixteen days after the attack, in spite of instructions to the contrary, but 
 fortunately without infecting any one. The third case occurred in a house 
 where there were three other young persons (at an age very liable to take the 
 disease, viz: from i8 to 22 years) and other adults. We used the "Sanitas" 
 preparations in accordance with your ])rinted instructions, and when we could 
 not obtain the " Sanitas" Jelly, made a mixtureof one part of "Sanitas" Oil to 
 five parts of olive, for anointing the bodies of the patients, previous to allowing 
 them to mix with others. 
 
 Laboratory Experiments. 
 
 I have also tested the oxidizing andfphysiological qualities of the Oil 
 and " Sanitas " No. 2, &c., as follows : — 
 
 Conversion of Plumbic Sulphide (Pl>S.) into Plumbic Sulphate {PbSO^, 
 by H^ Og, releasee/ from " Sanitas" Oil or Fluid. White blotting paper was 
 soaked in a solution of sugar of lead (acetate) and dried (white) ; a saturated 
 solution of sulphuretted hydrogen was made and a drop placed on the lead 
 paper, forming thereon black sulphide of lead, a measured quantity of " Sani- 
 tas" Oil or fluid was now run into the sulphuretted hydrogen solution, a spot 
 dropped on the paper again, &c. , until the time arrived when the spot on paper 
 is first black and gradually changes to white (/. e. PbS to PbSO*). 
 
 This re-action led me to make further trials, and I prepared a solution of 
 sulphuretted hydrogen in ammonia and methylated alcohol (which corresponds 
 roughly with sewage) and run in a measured quantity of "Sanitas" Oil, and 
 stoppered up the flask air-tight, kept it for fourteen days, then precipitated 
 with baric chloride for liaric sulphate, using precautions well-known to chemists 
 — obtained the baric sulphate, weighed it, and on comparison with Mr. King- 
 zett's paper (Sanitary Record, 15-2-Si) obtained practically the same result as 
 he did with the iodine process, proving the power of " Sanitas" to oxidize such 
 gases as are found objectionable in sewage, and change them to harmless 
 compounds. 
 
 PlIVSIOLOGICAL Tisi. 
 
 A five per cent, solution of gelatine* was jjrepaicd, mixed with half water 
 and introduced into two open tubes (about 2 oz.) ; in one tube two spots of 
 " Sanitas" Oil were dropped, none being placed in the other ; in about six d.iys 
 the tube without the " Sanit.is" Oil swarmed with living organisms (microbes) 
 to be seen under the microscope, while none were tf) be seen in the mixture 
 containing the " Sanitas " Oil, proving " .Sanitas" prevents the development of 
 germs or destrnys the germs. I have also tried it with marknl success in ring- 
 worm, inhalation, i^-c. 
 
 C. W. Stepiirns, F'.C.S. , Sanitary In-jpcctor. Horo* of Walsall. 
 
 (• Kiicli's K'c'-'l""' i>iin <-ss. — V.iw/V.ir)' RfcorJ, Frtini.iry 15, 1883). 
 
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 The Master of the Driffield Union Workhouse, Yorkshire, England, 
 has kindly consented to the publicatian of the folio-Ming Report on " Sanitas." 
 
 I have now been here 2g years, and never have we used soap of such power- 
 ful cleansing properties. It is really a pleasure and comfort to look upon arti- 
 cles of both furniture and clothing on whicli the " Sanitas " Soaj) has l^een used. 
 I cannot speak too highly of its merits both as a cleansing and disinfecting agent, 
 and would strongly recommend its general use in all private and public estab- 
 lishments. 
 
 For sprinkling about the floors of the various wards and for spraying into 
 the atmosphere, as also for use in disinfecting utensils and articles of linen, 
 " Sanitas " Fluid possesses the very great advantage over other disinfectants of 
 being non-poisonous and absolutely without stain, while it imparts to the atmos- 
 phere the oxygen which is removed from it by respiration. 
 
 VETERINARY. 
 
 " The Doctor," New York, September i6, 1887. 
 Mr. -Snedecor, of Bay Shore, Long Island, said: "I am delighted and 
 more than delighted with the " Sanitas " Soft Soap and the " Sanitas " Veteri- 
 nary Ointment. Their effect has been marvelous, and in making that statement 
 I do not exaggerate at all." 
 
 County Police Office Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. 
 
 January 25th, 1884. 
 During the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in this division of the 
 county, I have caused " Sanitas " .to be used as a disinfectant with the most 
 satisfactory results, the disease not having spread in a single instance where 
 " Sanitas " has been used. 
 
 Matthew Taylor, 
 
 Deputy Chief Constable of the County of Northumberland. 
 
 Twyford, Berks, December 3, 1884. 
 The fact that I have been using your " Sanitas" in every shape for years 
 is in itself a proof I consider it of very great service. It is the best and most 
 pleasant disinfectant I know of. It is in itself a perfume. Cleanliness, fresh 
 air, and a sprinkling of "Sanitas" either Fluid or in Powder, should render 
 any stable or kennel disease-proof. 
 
 Gordon Stables, CM.. M.D., R.N., &c. 
 Author of five books on dogs and works on all domestic animals. 
 
 Thornton Heath, 
 Having tried it, " Sanitas," I can say it is well suited for kennel use as a 
 disinfectant, especially as it appears to possess the additional advantage of 
 keeping away fleas. I shall therefore recommend it. 
 
 Hugh Dalziel. 
 
 The Grange, Wallington, Surrey, England. 
 I have tried both "Sanitas" fluid and oil on a dog suffering with mange, 
 which was completely cured after three or four applications. It also effected 
 a cure on a cat which was alflicted with a species of eczema, I have found 
 it very useful to wash dogs, &c. with. It is very destructive to fleas and 
 ticks. 
 
 A. H. Smee, M.R.CS., F.C.S., &c. 
 
 Writing in Poultry, January 27, 1884, respecting Roup with which some 
 black Hamburgh pullets were attacked, a correspondent says : — 
 
 " I think it is well to add that none of the other birds in the same yard, in 
 
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 other pens, cauglit the complaint, although only a few feet apart. That was 
 no doubt, owing to the ' Sanitas.' "* 
 
 * To cure this infection, the birds should be isolated, and the mouths and nostrils 
 syringed with " Sanitas" fluid (i to 5 of waterl. A small dose of castor oil should be given 
 every third day. A little "'Sanitas" fluid should be added to the drinking water, and the 
 runs should be disinfected with "Sanitas" powder. 
 
 Zoological Society, Fairmount Park, 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa., 14th January, 1888. 
 I l>eg to say without reservation, that " Sanitas" is the most satisfactory 
 deodorizer which I have ever used. 
 
 Arthur E. Brown. 
 
 SHOWS, &c. 
 
 National Horse Show Association of America, limited, 
 
 Maoison Square Garden, New York, Nov., 1886. 
 I have much pleasure in stating that your disinfectant as used at our late 
 Horse Show proved in every way most efficacious, giving the Association and 
 Exhibitors every satisfaction. 
 
 James T. Hyde. Assistant Secretary. 
 
 National Horse Show Association of America, Limited, 
 
 Madison Square Garden, N. Y., Nov. 1888. 
 It is witli much pleasure, on behalf of the Association, that I testify to the 
 efficacy of your Disinfectants, during the week of our Horse Show just passed. 
 They were put to a most trying test, owing to the humidity of the air and 
 high temperature, for the greater time of the exhibition, and they certainly ful- 
 filled all you claim for them and gave general satisfaction. 
 
 James T. Hyde, Ass't Sec. 
 
 New York Dairy and Cattle Show. 
 
 Madison Square Garden, May. 1887. 
 In reply to your favor of the 14th inst., I have pleasure in stating that your 
 "Sanitas" disinfectants, used in tlie late New York Dairy and Cattle Show. 
 gave great satisfaction to the Executive Committee and to the exhibitors. 
 
 E. Burnett, President. 
 
 "Ai'ietiean Af^riiultuiisl," May, 1S87. 
 The " Sanitas " disinfeclaiils are endorsed by high medical autiioritics, and 
 are extensively used in Madison S(|uare G.ircK-n. The purity of the air ai\d 
 frec<lom from unpleasant odors in the Dairy Show {A/nJisott Sijuare Garden), 
 have been remarked by llie jiuljlic and the press. ♦ * * The improved 
 condition of the air is due maiidy to the fact that all parts of the Garden arc 
 daily sprinkled with the " Sanitas" disinfectants and iltcxlorizers. 
 
 New York Poultry E,\chanor ExiiiitrnoN, 
 
 Madison Square Garden. Nkw York. Dec, 1887. 
 \Vc arc more than pleased with the perfect manner in which the Poultry 
 Show, held under our management in Madison Square Garden, Dec. 14th to 
 aist, 1887, was disinfectefl with "Sanitas." 
 
 Although there were over two thousand fowls, ducks and pigeons in small 
 cages for one week, there was no perceptible cxlor from ilu-m. 
 
 J. Frank Ci.ark, Cor. Sec. 
 
 " Th(- luternatiouiil Fnneier," N. Y., December 16, 1 887. 
 Speaking of ihe N. Y. Poultry P2xIiibitioii at M.idison Square Garden 
 • * disinfecting the Show with " Sanitas" sawdust, a new preparation 
 
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 that has been giving so much satisfaction. * * * Besides being a powerful 
 disinfectant it deodorizes and oxygenates the atmosphere, unlike the evil smell- 
 ing preparations so often advocated for use, and which injure the animals by 
 actually robbing the air of vital oxygen. 
 
 Southern Massachusetts Poultry Association Exhibition 
 AT Adelphi Rink, 
 
 New Bedford, Mass., February, i88S. 
 We wish to add our. testimonial to the merits of your popular " Sanitas " 
 which was used at our recent exhibition of Poultry, Dogs and Pet Stock, held 
 in this city Feb. I, 2, 3, 4, 1888. At no time during the exhibition could there 
 be detected any unpleasant odor, a fact due entirely io the efficaciousness of your 
 " Sanitas." We most heartily endorse the same to any and all parties in need 
 of a. Jirsi-class disinfectant. 
 
 F. G. Tripp, Pres., Geo. L. Fish, Sec. 
 
 F. W. Dean, Treas.. A. F. Fish, Supt. of Poultry, 
 
 Chas. T. Bronnell, Supt. of Dogs. 
 
 Rensselaer Kennel Club Show. 
 Troy Bicycle Club's Rink, 
 
 Troy, N. Y., March, 18S8. 
 At the late Bench Show held in our city the disinfecting by your Company 
 was perfection. Not the least objectionable odor could be detected and not a 
 dog sick during the Show. Too much cannot be said in its praise. 
 
 J. R. Draper, Supt. 
 
 The Troy Telegram, March 23, 1888. 
 Rensselaer Kennel Club Show. 
 * * * The free use of " Sanitas" left the rooms at the time of closing 
 in as good sanitary condition as at the beginning. 
 
 New England Kennel Club Bench Show. 
 Mechanic's Hall. 
 
 Boston, Mass., April, 1888. 
 The "Sanitas" disinfectant used at our Show this Spring gave perfect 
 satisfaction ; no objectionable odors could be perceived at any time. 
 
 Ben'ch Show Committee. 
 
 Boston Daily Globe, April 6th, 18S8. 
 New England Kennel Club Show. 
 The entire absence of unpleasant odors so commonly encountered in 
 Exhibitions of this character has excited favorable comment, and the writer 
 learned upon inquiry of the committee, that they were highly pleased with the 
 work done by the use of " Sanitas." 
 
 Albany Kennel Club, Bench Show, 
 Academy of Music, 
 
 Albany, N. Y., June, 1888. 
 It is with great pleasure that I am able to speak of the very excellent 
 manner in which our First Annual Bench Show was disinfected by the use of 
 " Sanitas." 
 
 n--.=,. It was held at a season of the year when the slightest odor from the benches 
 would have been perceptible and offensive. Indeed, had it not been for the 
 perfect sanitation and complete deodorizing of the stalls every morning by the 
 exclusive use of the disinfectants of The American and Continental " Sanitas " 
 Co., L't'd, I fear ^that our exhibit would have been a failure. As it was, we 
 were enabled to announce through the newspapers that the .Show was disinfected 
 by your Company, and the most fastidious could attend without being offended 
 by the slightest evidence of a disagreeable smell. The attendants furnished us 
 
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 were courteous, obliging and attentive, and believe nie, sir, I have not the 
 slightest hesitation, and indeed I take great pleasure in repeating my unquali- 
 fied endorsement of " Sanitas" as wc found it in our Show. 
 
 Geo. B. Gallup, Sec'y and Treas. 
 
 Pacific Kennkl Club, Bench Show, 
 
 San Francisco, Cal., June lo, 1888. 
 I beg to inform you that at a meeting of the Executive Committee of our 
 club held last night, it was moved, seconded and carried unanimously that the 
 best thanks of the club be teu'lercd to you for the use of your " Sanitas. " 
 
 We have great pleasure in testifying to its usefulness and effectiveness, as 
 evidenced by the purity of the Bench Show, held by our club in April last. 
 The congratulations we received on account of the sweetness of the building 
 were very pleasing to us, and a good recommendation for " Sanitas." 
 
 James E. Watson, Secretary. 
 Col. Stuart Taylor, President. 
 
 Exhibition of the Bay-State Agricultural Society. 
 
 Springfield, Mass., October, 1S88. 
 At the annual exhibition of our State Agricultural Society, 4th to nth inclu- 
 sive, I found your "Sanitas" a most valuable disinfectant, especially in the 
 Exhibition Buildings and Rink. From past experience I now consider it an 
 absolute necessity in all such exhibitions where a great many people are gath- 
 ered together. 
 
 E. Burnett, President. 
 
 Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, N. 
 Your disinfection of the hall during the Cattle Shosv, and particularly of 
 the piggery, was perfect, and in the latter place called forth expressions of sur- 
 prise from some of the Royal Visitors. .S. Sidney, Secrftoiy 
 
 GENERAL. 
 
 EvEREi r House, New Vukk, Aug. iSth, 18S7. 
 I have thoroughly tested your " Sanitas" Disinfectant and am pleased to 
 certify that tested by the side of four other competitors yours docs the work 
 most satisfactorily. I would recommend it in even- housd. 
 
 Send us one-half dozen Powder, one-half dozen bottles each of the Crude 
 and Fluid. 
 
 Dr. A. G. Underiiill, Steward. 
 
 New York Obsover, November i8lh, 1886. 
 We have used a nunilicr of the "Sanitas" preparations, and find ihein ex- 
 cellent for their purpose as disinfectants and cleansers. The odor is pleasant 
 and healthful, and the various articles are readily used, and now made at a jirice 
 which brings them within the reach of all. 
 
 Ainetiian Druggist, November, 1S86. 
 A cheiuiial reagent of remarkable antiseptic and detergent ijuality. 
 
 Oil, Paint and Drug Rtporter, May 18, 1887. 
 "Saniias. " * * Many flattering testimonials have been received, and 
 the Reporter can commend these products for general use frou> practical ex- 
 perience. 
 
 Frank Ltslie's IllujtratfU, October 1st. 1887. 
 During ihc recent extraordinary severe Summer, " Sanitas" in its various 
 forms, was most thuioughly tested .\\\<1 found to possess all the piopertics and 
 perform all the service claimed for it. 
 
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 Boston Evening Transcript, June i8, 1887. 
 The use of disinfectants to prevent the spreading of infectious or contagious 
 diseases, is now practically universal. * * * Otherwise excellent substances 
 were inadmissable because of their poisonous natures, or because of the ruinous 
 stain imparted to whatever article they came in contact with, or again 
 because of their unpleasant and corrosive properties. This difficulty has been 
 fully removed by the " Sanitas " products, one of the greatest inventions of 
 modern scientific research. They act both as oxidants and antiseptics ; are 
 fatal to every organism ; are non-poisonous, colorless and give no stain, and are 
 of an agreeable, fragrant odor. 
 
 Pharmaceutical Record, May ist, 1887. 
 Foul odors and dangerous gases may readily l)e rendered innoxious by use- 
 ing "Sanitas." Of itself a fragrant and powerful deodorizer, it also disinfects 
 and destroys the otherwise dangerous germs, while it is harmless in its com- 
 position. 
 
 The Stable, May, 1887. 
 " Sanitas." This really extraordinary disinfectant is invaluable in stables, 
 not only about the stalls, but in and around the vehicles. 
 
 July, 1887. 
 This almost magical disinfectant is non-poisonous and absolutely perfect in 
 its results as a cleansing and purifying agent. Sprinkled about the stalls and 
 drains, either in powdered or liquid form, it kills malodorous emanations, and 
 sweetens the premises almost instantly. 
 
 The Press, Philadelphia, April 15, 1887. 
 The Disinfectant which seems to be meeting with the most general 
 approval at present is the preparation known as " Sanitas." 
 
 The Eastern Telegraph Company, Limited, 
 
 66 Old Broad Street, London, E. C. 
 We have now for more than a year been using your " Sanitas " Soap and 
 disinfectants in our ships, as well as at our stations, and find them greatly 
 appreciated, more especially at tropical places. 
 
 I think it right to inform you that our Superintendent at Mozambique says : 
 "I use the much prized "Sanitas" freely and feel perfectly safe wherever I 
 sprinkle it." 
 
 James Ander.son, Managing Director. 
 
 Anderson, Anderson & Co., 
 
 Fenchurch Avenue, London, E. C. 
 The S. S. "Aconcagua" had a consignment of rabbits from South Aus- 
 tralia, which all went bad on the passage. The stench on board on the arrival 
 of the steamer here was something abominable. The tins had burst, and the 
 putrid matter had run into the ship's timbers. All kinds of disinfectants were 
 used without effect until the " Sanitas " was applied, which immediately re- 
 moved all bad smell. 
 
 Wm. Andrews, Supt. Orient Steam Navigation Co. 
 
 32 Belgrave Road, S. W., May 3, 1886. 
 I have a large black currant bush which for several summers past has had 
 its leaves completely eaten off by caterpillars. This year they were commenc- 
 ing their ravages when I bethought me of the bottle of "Sanitas" Fluid, and, 
 putting about half a tumblerful into a pail of water, the tree was well syringed ; 
 especially was the wall behind it well wetted. The caterpillars dropped off 
 killed, and the tree itself seems a brighter green for the application. I believe 
 from this isolated observation that gardeners will derive much benefit from the 
 use of "Sanitas" Fluid for the destruction of aphides and at this early stage 
 in the existence of spring life especially. 
 
 T. Charters White, M.R.C.S,, L.D.S., &c. 
 
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 For Preventing thf. Si'Read of 
 
 INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 
 
 SMALL POX, SCARLET FEVER/ MEASLES. TYPHOID FEVER. DIPHTHERIA, &C.. 
 
 By C. T. KINGZETT, F.I.C, F.C.S., 
 
 Past Vict-Presideul Society of Public Analysis ; Past Member of Couucil, 
 Institute of Chemistry ; Hon. Member Socicte Francaise J' Hvgicne ; 
 Hon. Member Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors ; 
 Author of ''Animal Chemistry, or the relations of 
 Chemistry to Physiology and Pathology;" 
 and " Nature's Hygiene, a Syste- 
 matic Manual of A\it 
 ural Hygiene." 
 
 A. — The Sick Room During the Jlltiess. 
 
 1. The Isolation of the Sick. — Place the sick person alone in a room as 
 near the top of ilic house as possible, and from wliich carpets, curtains, hang- 
 ings and all unnecessary furniture ami clothing have been removed. Uniier no 
 pretence should visitors other than the Medical Attendant be allowed, except 
 when absolutely essential. 
 
 2. To Purify the Air of the Sick Room. — Ilang over the door a large sheet 
 which has been steeped in and wrung out of " Sanitas" Fluid. This sheet 
 should be kept moistened with the same fluid by spraying or sprinkling once or 
 twice daily, by which means the air of the sick room is purihed on the one 
 hand, and on the other hand the isolation of the patient is made more effective. 
 
 Free ventilation shouhl be provided by opening the upper windows to some 
 extent, and a tire should be kept burning, not only to improve the ventilation, 
 but to afford the means of destroying by combustion all infectious rags, 
 paper, ac. 
 
 The air in the sick room mey be further purified by spraying " Sanitas " 
 Fluid into the atmosphere, and by sprinkling the same solution about the floors. 
 In certain cases also — notably in cases of Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Proti- 
 chial Affections and Pneumonia — the room should be fumigated morning and 
 evening by means of "Sanitas" Oil placed upon boiling water in an urdinaiy 
 Fumigator, and in severe cases it may be kept going all night by using a night 
 light, instead of the spirit lamp ordinarily provided. 
 
 3. Treatment of Evacuations. — All saliva and the evacuations from the sick 
 person, particularly in cases of Typhoid Fccr and Cholera. shuuKI lie received 
 111 a chamber utensil or |)an, and immediately disinfected by the ndditiun u( an 
 c<|ual bulk of Crude "Sanitas" Fluitl, or about a (|uarter of a pound of the 
 '•Sanitas" I'owder. ".Sanitas" Fluid may be administered internally under 
 medical advice and sii|)ei intendence. 
 
 4. Destruction of Infected Articles — All food tasted or touched by the 
 sick person, rags, pa|ur, scr.ips, and refuse generally from the si(k room, should 
 as far as possible, be burnt wilhiii the room. Instead of ordinary poiket hand- 
 kerchiefs, pieces of r.igs should be uscil, which may aftrtwauU be destroyed. 
 
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 5. Disinfection of Utensils, C/othing, &c. — All utensils, such as cups, 
 glasses, spoons, &c. , used by Uie sick person, should be rinsed in undiluted 
 " Sanitas" Fluid before washing, and _all bed and body linen should be first 
 steeped for one hour in the sick room in a mixture of one part of " Sanitas" 
 Crude Disinfecting Fluid with 29 parts of water, and after removal from the sick 
 room they should be boiled in water and washed with " Sanitas" Disinfecting 
 Laundry Soap. 
 
 6. In cases of desquamation or scabbing, the surface of the patient's body 
 should be repeatedly anointed \\'ith "Sanitas" Disinfecting Jelly or with 
 " Sanitas" Oil mixed with nine times its own volume of Olive Oil ; this pre- 
 vents the escape of the infectious scales, &c., which peel off the skin in such 
 diseases as small-pox and scarlet-fever. 
 
 7. Washing the Patient. Where water is allowed to be used by the Medi- 
 cal Attendant, it should be first of all rendered antiseptic by the addition of 
 some " Sanitas " Fluid. 
 
 B.— After Recovery. 
 
 1. The patient should have a bath containing a large proportion of " San- 
 itas" Fluid, and use " Sanitas " Disinfecting Toilet Soap ; then put on cloth, 
 ing which has been disinfected by heat, or which has not been expsed to infection 
 
 2. All linen and cotton articles in the sick room should be steeped in a 
 mixture of one part of " Sanitas " Crude Disinfecting fluid with twenty parts 
 of water and then be boiled for at least ten minutes, in order to make sure of 
 effectual disinfection. 
 
 3. All fabrics, such as beds, mattresses and clothing, which cannot be 
 boiled, should be disinfected by the Health Authorities. 
 
 4. The windows of the sick room should be closed, fireplaces shut, and 
 the room rendered air-tight by papering over all openings, such as key holes and 
 sides of the doors, after which it should be well fumigated by means of " Sani- 
 tas" Oil. Place a quart of water in a kettle, add a small wine-glassful of 
 " Sanitas" Oil, and boil the mixture nearly to dryness over a gas-flame, so as 
 to allow the vapor to escape freely and entirely into the atmosphere of the 
 closed room. After fumigation of the room, the windows and the fireplace 
 should be opened wide during at least a week, to complete the purification. 
 The walls and ceiling may be stripped of paper and white-washed, and the 
 floor and wainscotting should be washed with " Sanitas" Disinfecting Laundry 
 Soap and water. Any furniture in the room should be rubbed over with " Sani- 
 tas " Disinfecting Furniture Cream. 
 
 C. — General Directions, 
 
 1. While infectious or contagious disease exists in any part of the house, 
 all other parts, as well as all sinks, closets and privies, should be carefully and 
 regularly disinfected. 
 
 2. The children (if any) should be kept from school and not allowed to go 
 again until the Medical Attendant gives the necessary certificate. 
 
 3. Nurses should remember that woolen garments are likely to retain in- 
 fectious particles, and should therefore wear cotton and other washable mater- 
 ials. After attending to patients, they should immediately wash their hands 
 with water containing " Sanitas" Fluid, and use " Sanitas" Disinfecting Toilet 
 Soap' 
 
 4. In all cases of death from any infectious disease, some " Sanitas " Saw 
 Dust should be placed in the coffin, and the corpse should be sprayed with un- 
 dtluted "Sanitas" Fluid. 
 
From the foregoing page-s, which 
 give a description of the manufacture 
 of ''Sanitas/' together with testimon- 
 ials and reports (selected out of many 
 hundreds in the possession of the 
 Company) from Physicians, Scientific 
 experts and others in the U. S. and 
 Europe, we feel confident there is 
 no Antiseptic, Disinfectant and De- 
 odorant known to Science that can 
 approach in efficacy to our ^^Sanitas" 
 preparations: they are fragrant, non- 
 poisonous and do not stain or cor- 
 rode. 
 
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 "SANITAS" Disinfecting Toilet Fluid. 
 
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 "SANITAS" Disinfecting Veterinary Ointment. 
 
 "SANITAS" Disinfecting Insect Destroyer. 
 
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 Gold Medal, Ostend, 1888. 
 
 Gold Medal, Antwerp, 1886. 
 
 Gold Medal, International Exhibition at Paris, 1885. 
 
 First-Class Certificate and Gold Medal at Calcntta In- 
 ternational Exhibition. 1883-84. 
 
 Medical, International Health Exhibition, London, 1884. 
 
 Silver Medal (Highest Award), National Health Society's 
 Exhibition, London, 1883. 
 
 Medal, Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, 1882. 
 
 Award of Merit, International Sanitary Exhibition, 
 London, 1881, 
 
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 Supply Boards of Health, Hospitals, Asylums, Public Institu- 
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