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124 [CHAP. III., PT. II.
On the analogy of similar diseases we presume that persons suffering from plague infect
their clothes, beds and other room surronndings. Hence for these latter we employ various
methods of disinfection and we draw our conclusions as to the particular disinfectant to be
used-its form and its strength-from the laboratory experiments which have been per-
formed in this connection.
With regard to the presence of the plague-bacillus in air-in water or in the soil-it is
impossible at present to make any assertion whatsoever with the insufficient data which we
possess. Hitherto all attempts (many of which have been made by Dr. Gibson, Licut.
Liston, and others) to isolate the plague-bacillus from the soil have failed.
On the analogy of similar diseases we presume that persons suffering from plague infect
their clothes, beds and other room surronndings. Hence for these latter we employ various
methods of disinfection and we draw our conclusions as to the particular disinfectant to be
used-its form and its strength-from the laboratory experiments which have been per-
formed in this connection.
With regard to the presence of the plague-bacillus in air-in water or in the soil-it is
impossible at present to make any assertion whatsoever with the insufficient data which we
possess. Hitherto all attempts (many of which have been made by Dr. Gibson, Licut.
Liston, and others) to isolate the plague-bacillus from the soil have failed.
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