The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-01-21
OXYGEN ann NITROGEN
As Therapeutic AGENT in the-Treat-
mem Pull nonary and other
Chronic iseaseS. g..

III use OfOxygen and nitrogen gas IN advanced
therapeutics j. no longer An experiment
hno~ing there exists demand on the part OF
the profession Tor preparation OF Nygen that
has real therapeutical merit, ! would respectfully
eAu your attention 70 Walions oxygen and
Nitrogen Com pound.
Before stating what oxygen compound is In
order 10 have the matter properly understood, IL
IS necessary for me 10 state That Il is not Com
pound Oxygen"
During the 9ast few years The papers and jour.
mails, secular, religious AMI scientific, al over
the country, have compound OXy zen. in which il
Is auded as the great spec ihc for all the ills Of
man.
The extensive sale Of the oxygen home treat.
meni ana astonishing claims made for il have
Induced many chemists ana physicians to inquire
into its alleged virtues. AMI deteraine the ngre-
fients which compose IL. The fOrmule of both
the home and Office treatment have been pub
lished IN various journals Boston Journal Of
Chemistry, Medical Record, The Health Record
and OthersD
"Dr. Wallian. who has carefully Investigated
the subject says: some enterprising but unscrup.
ulOus pretenders discovered In this gas the
so-called oxygenized air which some years ago
was so extensively dgertsed As a Cure.gn
Rights 10 manufacture and administer IL CD were
sd'i for round sum, tho process OF generating il
being bungliiRly disguised by the addition Of
ferrc carbonate or other inert cOofing material
10 the ammonium nitrate used. Even 10 this day
a firm In Philadelphia is still harg:ng on tho
miraculous alchemy Of COMPOUND oxygen Home
Treatment which is a bare faced Swudlc being
nothing more than weak solution ofammonium
muriate and ST. Croix rum, (some adding also
chlorate OF potash9 II must be admitted, that
I'm connection with some wholesome h yQienic
rules persistently inculcated by these advertising
professional outlaws have performed some the
raupeutic as well as moral wonders by its aid"
Advantage Is taken OF the fact that the people
are tired of being druggcd and the apparatus
which IS sent TO their patients being more tangi-
BILE than dose of medicine, is sure to prod ice al
least two results one of which Is TO Inspire the
patient with hope, the other that IL gives the
patient someth ing TO do; in other words il keeps
the mind employed.
la Gglf fIT.f,fI md own
!, There l. no such thing as compound oxygen.
2. That the handling of the substance hearing
this n tmc has been confined almost entirely 10
persons without any knowledge OF medicine or
other qualifications requisite 10 the administra.
isOn OF snch an agent.
3, That the formula has been retained as a
secret which was only made known for pecuniary
considerations
A.. That it has been advertised in an unpro-
tesSional not to say unlrincipled manner
NRltons oxygen and Nitrogen compound is
composed OF two atoms of oxygen and one Of
nitrogen. Either Of these elements, when used
separately, without special thtraDeutical
merit II certainly was never intended by ma
ture that we should use pure oxygen alone. 1t
is too powerful an oXidizing agent, and the ther,
apeutical results Obtainoi by It's use have never
been as sa istactorY when used slngly a. when
combined with a certain equivalent OF nitrogen
The two elements however, when combined in
these pFoporlohS, produce Compound OF singu-
la" therapeutic merit
II is AN established fact that oxygen is the most
pert CT antiscptic known, for in all atmosphere of
II piece OF decaying vegetable or animal
matter Is placed in bell glass containing an at,
mosphere of oxygen, the ocess OF decay he.
comes speedily arrested Hence ita applicability
in disease affecting the RESPIRATORY organs
This Compound no, only acts az an antiseptio,
hut So aetA on the respiratory muscles, 10 com
pei the patient To breathe properly. In fact there
are but few persons who breathe as they should.
Many authors claim that imperfect breathing Is
cause OF Urge percentage of bronchial trOu-
bles, Residual air ren aiming over from one in
spiration to another eXctes irritation subsequent
inflammation, which becomes prolific field for
the development OF disease gems.
The Compound compels the patient 10 take
dee inspirations thus eXpelling all residue air
When once the disease has been established
either iron. imperfect RtratOn or whatever cause,
believe the oAygcn aud Nitrogen Compound
because of It's autis'piic qualities, will arrest tho
development If disease and render the soil bar,
rem for germ growth. lfthc BACILLUS TUBERcU.
LosIs i the essential factor in the Development
OF phthisis, hen We have ia this agent an ell.
cient germicde aud an autidote,