Victorian formalin vaporizer
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:16 pm
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From period advertising:
"Schering's Formalin Disinfectant and Deodorising Lamp... A PERFECT AND MOST CONVENIENT APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF FORMALIN GAS FROM DRY FORMALIN PASTILS... A great improvement over the vaporizers heretofore employed for the dissemination of disinfecting and deodorizing agents.
Unsurpassed in effectiveness and simplicity. Absolutely safe and inexpensive. A necessity for the Physician and for every household. Recommended by medical authorities after thorough bacteriological and clinial trials.
Formalin has been found by eminent authorities to be the most efficient antiseptic and disinfectant and one of the most powerful anti-bacterial agents known. It is used extensively for disinfectant purposes by Boards of Health both in Europe and the United States.
Formalin possesses far greater germicidal, disinfecting, deodorizing and antizymotic power than any other similar agent that is of practical use, and owing to its great penetrating power, its vapor reaches every nook and cranny of the fumigated area.
The Formalin Pastils, being insoluble, are entirely harmless if accidentally swallowed."
From period advertising:
"Schering's Formalin Disinfectant and Deodorising Lamp... A PERFECT AND MOST CONVENIENT APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF FORMALIN GAS FROM DRY FORMALIN PASTILS... A great improvement over the vaporizers heretofore employed for the dissemination of disinfecting and deodorizing agents.
Unsurpassed in effectiveness and simplicity. Absolutely safe and inexpensive. A necessity for the Physician and for every household. Recommended by medical authorities after thorough bacteriological and clinial trials.
Formalin has been found by eminent authorities to be the most efficient antiseptic and disinfectant and one of the most powerful anti-bacterial agents known. It is used extensively for disinfectant purposes by Boards of Health both in Europe and the United States.
Formalin possesses far greater germicidal, disinfecting, deodorizing and antizymotic power than any other similar agent that is of practical use, and owing to its great penetrating power, its vapor reaches every nook and cranny of the fumigated area.
The Formalin Pastils, being insoluble, are entirely harmless if accidentally swallowed."