1. Spirit of wine 1 oz., spirit of turpentine 8 oz., camphor 1/2 oz.: mix.

2. Distilled vinegar, or diluted wood vinegar, a pint; camphor 1/2 oz.; dissolve.

3. Corrosive sublimate 3 oz., hydrochloric acid 3 oz., oil of turpentine 12 oz.-, water 6 pints. Or, 1 oz. of sublimate, 2 oz. of hydrochloric acid, a pint of oil of turpentine, and a pint of decoction of tobacco.

4. Strong mercurial ointment 1 oz., soft soap 1 oz., oil of turpentine a pint.

5. White arsenic 2 oz., lard 13 oz., corrosive sublimate 1/4 oz., Venetian red 1/4 oz.

6. Scotch snuff mixed with soft soap.

7. For Floors. Corrosive sublimate 1 lb., sal ammoniac 1 lb., hot water 8 gallons. [It is said that if a branch of narrow leaved dittany or pepperwort (lepidium ruderale) be suspended in a room, all the bugs will settle in it, and may be taken. Fumigating the rooms with sulphur is a troublesome and disagreeable process, and not always successful.]

Burnett's (Sir W.) Disinfecting Fluid. See DIsinfecting And Deodorizing Compounds.