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The clothes were first sulphurized to kill the lice, and then, until Dr. Boyle's disinfector appeared, boiled.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora

The car is divided into several compartments, in which the infected articles are placed; when thus loaded it is run into the disinfector.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

The portable apparatus, as shown, for heating with gas, or even spirits of wine, can also be heated with a similar steam and hot air apparatus as the stationary disinfector.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 by Various

The disinfector was working overtime, clothes were poured upon us from all the other hospitals.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora

The air was very pure and exceedingly dry, while the constant sunshine not only kept up the spirits, but also proved the most efficient disinfector of any ground fouled to less than a serious extent.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry