Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-06-13
Miscellaneous.
From the Boston Daily Adre1tiser.
COMPRESSED AIR RATHS


papers, an account Of a curiurs invention
by NJ. TabarIe. ioI suhjrcliug persons suf.
fering under various diseases. to the opera
lion Of compressed air. II opens new
field of experiment and discovery to The
curious. We present the following ex-
tracts from description of this invention.
furnished 10 the Academy of Sciences in
Paris, by Dr.. Al. Dow lie, aud published
in The Journal des Drbats. We use for
the most part the anguage Of the writer,
with snme ahrldSmcnl
In rejecting on the extreme diffi,nlfv
Of containing air herme,ically enclustd,
and air compressed in an apparatus large
enough Id shut up man, one would sup
pose that there was no other method of
arriving al his result, but by pulling The
individual under bell. or 10 place him in
a sort of vase, well closed, somewhat in
The way of which The sparkling gas of the
Seizar water is retained.
But Mr. Taha,ir, wishing to apply this
metlni nlcure to men and to The sick, un-
derSlood we'll that the tirsl thing necessary
was to place The patient al his ease and in
an agreeable and convenient posilion, al
the same time that The compressed air was
brought to act upon him. He has even
ear led his care and foresight sill further
He wishes thai The patient >hnuld nnr per-
rrive,sO 10 sp ak, any change in his ph>S-
ical condition. Sitting in Il good chair,
occupied as ht would br in his stud, nr
work room. he receives The light, sees the
sun, and is r. lieved from amy occupa-
non by The SishI of what is going on IL
round him. or in his garden lie an even
have his piano and his bed. can remain ,-
ing or sitting up, read his newspaper, take
his food and his medicine, receive visits
from his physician, and friends, he c: 1--we
as lonS as is necessary in this machiue,
spending his time in his usual manner,
without the stale oI atmospheric cnmpre--
siun being changed for moment by these
comings and goings. this change of per-
sous and objects. Add 10 this. that the air
moi only remains compressed to the fixed
degree, bu II is constantly renewed in such
manner as 10 cause The patient 10 breathe
constantly pure air, never loaded with
the least emanali0n from his bndy or from,
substances of which he is making use, aud
that this air, may, as il Is needed. he more
"r less dry or damp. or filled with princi
pl and vapnrS adapted 10 the slaie OF the
patient. The temperature is al The same
time regulated according 10 whal is need.
ed; can be- raised or lowered al will, and
concentrated if it is necessary. on Il limb
or on some part Of The body. This de-
scrlplion may appear imaginary 10 some
persuns, and especIallyIo some physicians
no may think that we have sought in
this ncw inventinn only the subject Of II
sprighIly article, wilhou adherlng strictly
to the truth. This. however, is no, the
case, anll there are in Paris witnesses. w no
will attest the truth OF what We stale.
We must be believed, when we say
thai NJ. Tabarie, has constructed real
apartment with all anti-challber of cast
iron, with doors and windows so perfectly
adjusted, thai the air can he crowded mo
it, ait, compressed and renewed without
interruption, wilhoutrhe least particle be
ing lost, Or any escaping through The small
est tissnre. II is not for want of effort ON
every side to escape, hat it is kept in for
as snon as the smallest passage is open
tu IhIs imprisoned air, it makes an irrup-
lion With ii kissing like that which steam
produces when II goes Oul Of the boiler of
n steam engine.
The compression, destined to patient
is never carried by NJ. Iabarle above
threr quarters of the atmosphere, that is 10
say. less than double the habilual com.
preston in which we live. Bul this in
crease of compression which appears SO
small that ! should have believed it would
he impercep,ible, YOU will see Immediate
Iy, with what energy it acts, aud how
powerful It's influence is fell.
By mean. of the anti chamber, of ~hich
have spoken, and double door, an en-
trance is made into the first apartment of
the machine, the first door is then shut,
and by opening little sack Of the sec
ond Iuor, communication is established,
between the air nf the principal chamber
and of the anli-clanlber; tn" door of this
chamber then OPP, ns itself, but the air can.
not escape beyond from The aH'i-clIambrr,
since the person entering has taken care to
close behind hun the first door of the en
trance. Thenpening the little sack men
toned above, Indispensable, for all efforts
10 open the door Itself would I've in vain, he.
fore the equilibrium was established be-
tween the principal apartment and The an
ti-chamber; the pressure of the interior
IS su'! moreover, it holds the door SO
tightly that no human force could over
come It's power. But il is necessary that
these noors should be nd Justed in the most
careful manner; The least air. the | .asl
place Of escape, all would be ruined.
These doors, be it remarked, are AS large
as the doors of our apartments: one can
enter with his hat on without stopping,
and The chamber itselfiS not lcsStban or
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