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fumigation

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fumigation: see disinfectant disinfectant, agent that destroys disease-causing microorganisms and their spores. Disinfectants, or germicides, are sometimes considered to be substances applied to inanimate bodies, whereas antiseptics , not so potent, are agents that kill microbes on living things.
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However, they must keep epidemics away somehow or other, and fumigation is cheaper than soap.
The apartment was very far removed from the old man's chamber, but Mr Quilp deemed it prudent, as a precaution against infection from fever, and a means of wholesome fumigation, not only to smoke, himself, without cessation, but to insist upon it that his legal friend did the like.
I am not acquainted with the process which is in use, but believe that fumigation is the principal agency employed.
 
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