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effect sterilization. When taken out they should be wiped dry with a
surgically clean napkin or towel.
"To stop the fumigation going on in the lamp, remove the chimney
and slide the cage high up on the tube, so that the platinum cone no
longer touches the wick, then allow it to cool before replacing chimney."
Fro. 142.

Low's formaldehyd lamp /I, for dental use
: ; ii, for household use; C, locked cage for public places.
AVhile it is not difficult for the average dentist to use formaldehyd
as a disinfectant, it will probably be considered a useless expenditure
of time, and, therefore, boiling in water and soda for at least twenty
minutes seems the more feasible and is equally certain in the results.
The dentist who aims to k('('[) only aseptic instruments should have