The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-03-11
A VOCAL INvaoRAToR.
Limitations from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Medical Value In Asthma.
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London Truth
Bottled Italianized Air for the Voice
reads much like Bottled Bosh, but in
these days Of scientific discovery it is un-
wise TO dismiss any invention with a sueer
and without trial; and certain ! wit
nessed at St. James hall short time ago
an illustration to the point Miss Car
lingfOrd one of the ladies from the Opera
COmique, who ConCeives tint her voice
has been greatly benG ited by the bottled
cir" in question, issued about ,, OOO invi.
tatiOns TO various scientific and musical
people and organized q concert ut ST.
James hall.
The point of this 1invitation concert
was that all the singers used bottled air,
and Or. Carter MOtfat, the "bOtted ar"
genius, himself appeared between the
paris, holding the mysterious Ammonia
phone, or bOttledair machine, a long sill.
yer tube, which he tiourished in the face
of the audience, while he described its vir-
tues with considerable animation and TO.
bust faith which at last became rather
contagious l confess that at first, much
as l can swallow in the way of scientific
/ bOastlng AID assertion l could not sWal,
/ low the bottled air theory
| ! turned the pages to discover who DR..
! Carter MOttat was / on found that he
was all right h or seven years he was
first demOnsDrator at the Royal college at
Edinburgh, besides being professor Of
chemistry at Glasgow. He went out to
examine mines and IN neral earJhs for the
Italian government some years ago, and
so valuable were his services that he was
awarded a gold medal at Turin, and re-
Ceiyed decoration OF honor 1t was at
that tine he carried out his experiments
on the air Of the Abruzzi regions with the
startling effects which have IN led IN the
invention Of tie ammonianhOue.
The interior of the ammOniBphOue is,
am told, occupied with wicks satur-
ated with peroxide of hydrogen aud free
ammonia, and by air chambers, regulat.
ing the transmits on of these gases
through a little mOuthpiece into the
Ia gs A couple Of inhaIations wall suf-
flee for a test IL was, l confess, with
profound skepticism that placed the lit,
Tie silver mOuthpieee to my lips and drew
a deep breath. A strong, choking. burn
ing navor Of peppermint nearly look my
breath away, but it was not unpleasant
and J. persevered, alternating each pull
with a good gap of common air 10 fol Ow.
/ had previo Isly been asked to say a sen.
tenCe or two in my natural voice, and
after two or three pulls, at the ammonia
phone l was requested TO repeat
the same words without using any
. extra eXerlion. / was really startled
at the involuntary lOudness of my own
voice, and friend who accompanied me
and who was a greater skeptiC than my,
t self, fairly burst out laughing at the re-
suit Dr. Carter MofIat smiled benignly
and told me that he had now 30 OJO per
sons using the ammoniaphOne with the
D same results Marie ole, Lady Mac
d furrUn, and a host of others are ready q
, bear witness to benefits received, and, OF
i course, their letters are printed Ia tht
g pamphlet The ammOniaphOne alsC
+ claims TO be Of use In bronchitis, and al
o. most a specific in asthma DR.. Garter
Modat Is. perhaps a little IN danger o.
b claiming too much for bis curious inven
10 tiun. but his ubors and sacrifices hav,
, certainly not been altogether IN vain