Serbian barrel
A Serbian barrel is a sterilization device used for sterilizing clothes. It consists of a wooden or metal barrel or other container which is then heated to disinfect items hung inside it by moist heat sterilization.[1][2]
The Serbian barrel was pioneered by the British surgeon William Hunter during the 1915 typhus and relapsing fever epidemic in Serbia.[3][4]
References
- ^ U. S. Army Medical Service (1931). The Army Medical Bulletin. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 875.
- ^ United States War Department (1944). Fumigation and Bath Company: War Department Technical Manual TM 10-645. p. 27.
- ^ Eddie, Graeme D. (20 May 2015). "William Hunter (1861-1937) & the Order of St. Sava | Untold Stories". libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hunter, William (1918). "New Methods Of Disinfection For The Prevention And Arrest Of Lice-Borne Diseases (Typhus, Relapsing, And Trench Fevers)". The British Medical Journal. 2 (3008): 198–201. ISSN 0007-1447. JSTOR 20310811.
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