The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-04-12
New Light on an Old subject.

on them for information and relief have been.
like the suffering woman mentioned in Scrip
ture, who had spent her money IN vain on
many physicians, nothing better, but only
worse This sort Of experience is unpleasant
fer all concerned When the sick are to be
made well and the suffering to De healed, there
should be no laundering about it. The com
mon blunder of American invaIids is that
they think they must swallow great quantities
Of drugs, concerning which they know with
certainty only one thing, namely, that the
taste IS horrible. There Is another thing IN
connection with these drugs which is not so
generally known, namely, that the liquid
which carries most Of them IS bad whisky.
Thus many an invalid goes from bad to worse,
becoming dyspeptic, a hyp0eh0ndriae. a
drunkaFd, and eventually a wreck. This is
bad business. and they who follow it walk in
the darkness to their own destruction.
IL is better to walk in the light to recovery
and HEALTH. The old Saxons speIt that
word WiGItb," and there IS a good idea in the
way they speit It. True health is a state Of
rt0le souEdness. When man IS sick, it is not
only lung or stomach or brain that is out Of
order The entire mar is Affected, and the
trouble IS most severely manifested IL what
ever happens to be his weakest part. When he
completely RECEIVERS, he IS wei al over, and in
a state Of rs0ffb" which is lust what every
body wants TO enjoy. The blood IS the life of
the human being. When it is poor and ailiag.
and clegged with impurities, there IS no health.
When it Is properly vitalZed. it courses through
artery and vein, carrying to every part Of the
body the vigor and delight which springs from
real health. The blood receives its vitality. or
its pTomptings to decay from what is taken
into the lungs. 1t verify gets its substance
from what goes into tie stomach. Bat sub
stance without vitality is not life. To see how
that which IS inhaled affects the life which is
In the blood, look at the Wretehed sufferers who
iuhala Vg=ors They faE-a IN sar..sr. o-a,- a,.T
the inevitable low typlrus fever or quick diph-
liberia seIzes them. They iuhale the bad air Of
undrained swamps, and presently shake and
burn with chills and fever. They blow out the
gas-light before going to bed, and devitalize
themselves into untimely graves By taking
into their lungs earburetted hydrogen. New,
II all this mischief can be done by simply in
hallng that which can neither be seen nor
handled, it is but fair to recognize the fact
that, on the other hand, the inhaling Of that
which Is hfe-giviHg can work corresponding
benefit. The skeptieal drug-swallOwers, whose
ideas Of relief and cure are associated with the
taking of nauseoGs things into their suffering
stOmaehs may not look on it in this light but
it is just as true as if they did. The facts ara
against them, and these speak louder than all
their theories and objections. The sick can IN
the most pleasant and delightful manner IN
hale new life for lungs and blood, and conse-
qUently, for the Wholth of the entire system.
who has swallowed nearly all the drug nos
tFums that are compounded and sold. You
don't mean that / shall get well by lust breath
ing something that can't see, or handle or
take with a spoon ?"
Yes, Mr.. Suffering Weary, that is ex-
actiy It, COMPOUND OXYGEN viii do it, and
all you have to do is simply to inhale the Com
pound Oxygen according TO directions.
The lungs are the air-bellows Of the body.
They are continually opening and closing as
air IS inhaled or exhaled. They are made Of
delicate yet very strong substance much Ike
leather They are divided into thousands Of
little air-cells. When we inhale (or take IN
a breath Of air, we fill as many Of these air
cells as are in working order The air with
which we I'll them is composed Of oxygen and
nitrogen. What we send out when we exhaIe
(or breathe OUT the contents Of the lungs, is
nitrogen and carbOnic acid gas The latter is
the impurities from the blood. The oxygen,
coming IN contact with the blood through the
delicate tissue or membrane of the langs,
gives it its life. The heart is busy all day aud
ali night pumping blood into the lungs and
thence all through the circulation in every
part of the body. In four minutes from the
time drop of blood has received its oxygen IN
the lungs, it has gone its round. and is back
again to discharge its load of carbon and other
impurities, and TO receive a new message OF
life in the WALKING inspiration OF the oxygen.
invalid is given something to inhale which IS
different from mere atmospheric air. OXYGEN
by itself would not answer the purpose. It IS
sharp severe and irritating. and IN its une0m-
bined state IS not assimilable. Thousands
of faithful trials have proved this In
the atmosphere we breathe, there IS but
one part Of oxygen to I'VE Of nitrogen. IL
there were too much nitrogen and not enough
oxygen, we would soon die. COMPOUND
OXYGEN is skiIfully prepared revitalizing
agent, which supplies through the lungs to.
the blood exactly what the blood needs for its
restoration, and Tor the restoration or renewing
OF every part OF the system on which it acts. Is
carries with II g magnetic property, reaching
the nerve centres, which In their partnership
with the brain, exercise a controlling influence
on every part Of the body. and telegraph TO its
renOteSt corner, either by sensations Of pleasure
or of pain, their condition Of health or Of all
ment.
Americas great disease IS consumption. This
IS 70 define is briefly, wasting or decay Of the
lungs. The most remote ar-cells first refuse 70
do their duty. Mischieyous little tubercles
invade the substance Of she lungs, producing
inflammation and other unpleasant results
The lungs become fiabby and poor like a
WOrn-Out kid glove and grow p0werless TO-
vitalize the blood There has been q prev
alent idea that consumption cannot be cured
because no drug has been found TO act as
specific for it when taken through the stomach.
But IL IS now well attested fact that c0nsump-
ton IS really durable, provided only that It Is
taken in time. Even COMPOUND OXYGEN viii
not convert wOrn-Out old leather glove into
new one But il viii take hold of eonsumptive
lungs and by its searching and invigerating
action, build them up 20 life and health It's
first action is TO initiate air-eells which have
long been unindated and collapsed Then,
gently, but powerfully, stimulating the lungs
TO vigorous action, it enables them TO throw of
the tubercles and regain condition Of sound
ness. So many cOnsumptives who had been
booked for the grave have been cured be Con-
POUND OXYGEN, that there is no reason why
persons who are afflicted with lung troubles
should feel gloomy about themselves or regard
their cases as at all hopeless if taken IN time.
As 70 other diseases than consumption2 u
CosIPOUSD OXYGEN q cure-aI.
It is not claimed for COMPOUND OXYGEN
that it cures every disease that can aflict the
sons of men. But there are great many over
which it has gained the most complete victory
Almost everything that goes wrong in the body
is in some way or other connected with vitiated
| blood. In some cases these ailments are agra
waited by local irritations, aisplacements, or
difficulties which are hereditary. Exposure
overlooking, improper ventilation, and the
abuses OF clothing, have much to do with them.
Initiated blood produces lack of harmony
among the nerves, and the horrors OF neuralgia
and sciatlca are the result. It sends its mes
sengers Of evil to the region lying between
nose and brain, and disgusting cstarrh is en-
thrOned IN all the suprenlacyOf its ugliness
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