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Paper, 'Studies of disinfectants by new methods' by A [Alexander] Wynter Blyth

Reference number: PP/7/12

Date: 1885

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Blyth writes: 'The object of this paper is to communicate the results of a study of the action of disinfectant substances which has occupied the leisure of the author for the past eighteen months. Three series of experiments have been made, viz:— 1. On the Bacterium termo. 2. On the various micro-organisms in sewage. 3. On the disinfection of typhoid excreta.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Bacteriology / Hygiene

Received 8 October 1885. Read 26 November 1885. Communicated by Benjamin Ward Richardson.

A version of this paper was published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Studies of disinfectants by new methods'.

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PP/7/12
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1885
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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48 pages
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Manuscript
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Alexander Wynter Blyth

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Alexander Wynter Blyth, Paper, 'Studies of disinfectants by new methods' by A [Alexander] Wynter Blyth, 1885, PP/7/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_7_12/paper-studies-of-disinfectants-by-new-methods-by-a-alexander-wynter-blyth, accessed on 14 January 2025

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