How to become a trained nurse : a manual of information in detail ; with a complete list of the various training schools for nurses in the United States and Canada / edited by Jane Hodson, graduate of the New York Hospital Training School.

  • Hodson, Jane.
Date:
1898 [©1897]
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Credit: How to become a trained nurse : a manual of information in detail ; with a complete list of the various training schools for nurses in the United States and Canada / edited by Jane Hodson, graduate of the New York Hospital Training School. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    INFECTANTand DEODORIZING \ jyi ¥) A perfected and most convenient apparatus, in which L*fmiT*.a • dry Formalin (Paraform) pastils, containing 100% pure formaldehyde, are vaporized over an alcohol flame. Every i gramme pastil develops I gramme of pure formaldehyde gas, the equivalent of 2)4 grammes of the 40% fluid formalin. Unsurpassed in effectiveness and simplicity. Absolutely safe and inexpensive. A necessity for the physician and for every household. Recommended by medical authorities after thorough bac- teriological and clinical trial. Dr. A. B. Griffiths, of I^ondon, has proved that 10 pastils of 1 gramme dry Formalin (Paraform) in a room capacity of 1,000 cubic feet, vaporized by Schering's Lamp, will kill staphylococcus pyogenes aureus, diphtheria bacilli, and all other micro-organisms, both in the wet and dried on glass slips when laying or suspended about the room, and even when enveloped in several thicknesses of flannel, cotton or silk stuffs. Dr. H. Aronson, of Berlin, on the other hand, has conclusively shown that 66 to 70 pastils in a room capacity of 1,000 cubic feet, or seven times the quantity necessary to kill micro-organisms, will not injuriously affect the human respiratory organs. The formalin pastils are entirely harmless if accidentally swallowed. DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF SCHERING'S FORMALIN- DISINFECTION AND DEODORIZATION LAMP. 1. FOR DISINFECTION. The lamp should be placed upon a table or on the floor in the middle of the room, the doors, windows and other openings being closed. The keyholes should be sealed by stuffing them with paper or cotton. The cup e should be removed, as it is used only for deodoriza- tion ; then the glass cylinder a, with the globular container r, is taken off from the lamp b, and the container r is filled with a number of Schering's Formalin pastilles. For the destruction of the less resistant disease organisms, such as the bacilli of diphtheria, typhoid fever and tuberculosis, 40 1 gramme (15 grains) pastilles, the contents of two of the small boxes, will suffice in a medium-sized room 3 m. (10 feet) high, 3 m. (10 feet) broad, and 8 m. (26 feet) long. Then the reservoir of the lamp b is about half filled with alcohol after unscrewing the burner ; the wick is lighted, and so regulated that it projects about ^ cm. (1/5 inch) above the tube. The cylinder a, with the filled container r, is then replaced upon the lamp. No one should remain in the room, and the doors should be tightly closed, since the large amount of Formalin vapor that is developed is very pene- trating and may be unpleasant in that it causes lachrymation to occupants of adjoining rooms. Nevertheless, it is expressly to be remarked that the inhalation of Formalin vapors is in no way injurious to health. The apparatus once started, it may be left entirely to itself. The light need not be extinguished, since the lamp burns out with perfect safety. In six or, better, after twelve hours, the room should be aired, and the Formalin vapors will quickly disappear. 2. FOR DEODORIZATION (Removal of Foul Odors) and PRESERVATION OF FOOD-STUFFS. For deodorizing purposes the cup e is employed ; it fits into the globular container r, and is designed to permit a slower volatilization of the pastilles. The cup c is filled with one or more pastilles ; the cylinder a with parts e and r is removed and, after unscrewing the burner, the reservoir of the lamp b is half filled with alcohol or wood alcohol. The wick is then lighted, and the flame turned down as low as possible, so that very little heat is received by parts e and r, and the vaporization of the Formalin pastilles proceeds as slowly as possible. Then the cylinder a with parts e and r\s replaced. The production of the disinfectant vapor is so slow that it can hardly be perceived by the smell. Yet it completely removes all foul odors, and thoroughly purifies the air of the room. The room may be used during deodorization, since the very small amount of Formalin odor causes no trouble at all. The flame may be kept so small that the vaporization of a single Formalin pastille will take three or four hours. If the room can remain unoccupied, the size of the flame can be increased, and the vaporization and deodorization can be effected in a shorter time.