Why, she really seems to enjoy traveling all over Christendom to find the hovels and huts, though she is mortally afraid of the smallpox, and always carries with her a bit of chloride of lime as a Disinfecting agent.
"The Rector of St. Mark's"
Mary J. Holmes
The chemistry of its manufacture is like that of Cl; its bleaching and Disinfecting powers are similar to the latter, though they are not quite so strong as those of Cl.
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams
Sometimes tobacco was used in church for Disinfecting or deodorizing purposes.
"The Social History of Smoking"
G. L. Apperson