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The Sulfurozador was a popular name for a device that emits sulfur dioxide in closed spaces for sanitation purposes, used extensively in South America, especially in Buenos Aires, to kill rat populations. [1] The device was originally invented in France by René Marot, and found more widespread use in times of epidemics, such as the plague epidemic in San Francisco. It was used extensively for fumigation of ships. [2]

References

  1. ^ Engelmann, Lukas (July 2018). "Fumigating the Hygienic Model City: Bubonic Plague and the Sulfurozador in Early-Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires". Medical History. 62 (3): 360–382. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2018.37. ISSN  0025-7273. PMC  6113751. PMID  29886876.
  2. ^ Engelmann, Lukas; Lynteris, Christos (2020). "6". Sulphuric Utopias: A History of Maritime Fumigation. The MIT Press. doi: 10.7551/mitpress/12437.003.0010. ISBN  978-0-262-35819-4. S2CID  240866410.