Sulfurozador Explained

The Sulfurozador was a popular name for a device that emits sulfur dioxide in closed spaces for sanitation purposes,^[1] used extensively in South America, especially in Buenos Aires, to kill rat populations.^[2] 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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-07-18 . What Are The Different Types of Pest Control? . 2024-09-24 . en-US.
2. Engelmann . Lukas . July 2018 . Fumigating the Hygienic Model City: Bubonic Plague and the Sulfurozador in Early-Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires . Medical History . en . 62 . 3 . 360–382 . 10.1017/mdh.2018.37 . 0025-7273 . 6113751 . 29886876.
3. Book: Engelmann . Lukas . Sulphuric Utopias: A History of Maritime Fumigation . Lynteris . Christos . 2020 . The MIT Press . 978-0-262-35819-4 . en . 6 . 10.7551/mitpress/12437.003.0010. 240866410 .