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.