The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-02-18
Oxygen AND NITROGEN
&c Therapeutic Agents In thc7Treat-
nent OF pulmonary and other
Chronic Diseases.

IADht' 1isedsef.
ID use OfOxygen and NITROGEN gts In stva,.co,,
utraituucs ls no loi 20 an experiment
hhp"irs there CA. rs "a demand o.I the p,rt
tHe Profession TOR preparation %. OK ,sru that
h', i."' i4ef p .iieal merit would resrectfllly
81 !"-t attention 70 NsliOu.s Oxygen and
Lc:oic stntius what Oxygen COMPOUND 4. in
order 90 have The matter properly uuHcr.tooi A
s u-cres iry Tor mc 10 So ~. tlat IL h. tot t.rc,
pound OK, gen.
During ihc ast f,w year, le papers and jour.
Arl', secular, religious AMI scientific al over
f country have compound oxygen. in which n
man. ' ~
Iue extensive sale OF the oxygen home treat.
Hcht and astonishing claim. made flr il have
th 4Icel many chemists and physi i3ns to inluire
lnto ~ all, ged virtues. AMI deter. Inc Tie iigre
,!shl- "hlch compose H. The g0mulr OF both
The home aud Office trts tmeut have been pub.
ushel IN various journals boston Journal Of
and other) N'
"Dr. "alIian, who Ia, carefully investigated
lhe subject says. some cntcrpfising but uuscrun.
utous defenders 'dAcoycrcd Ia this gas the
so-called 'oXygenized air which some wear. agn
was 80 extensively advertised as curegl
Right 10 manufacture aud administer II ~ we're
SOL ior rouhi sum. tho process Oi generating II
DeliS buhSligly disguised by the addition OF
tefrc carbonate OF OtLer inert coloflug material
70 Tie ammonium nitrate used. Even 10 This daV
u irin la Fhi!adclphu IS still harpiug ON the
miraculous alchemy of Compound Oxygen Home
Ireatmcnt which isa bare faced sWindlr. beiug
houhlhB more than weak solution Otummon!um
m9rhtc ana ~ Cr"ix rum, (>omr adding also
chlOTalc Oi pOlash) II must be- admitted. thar
IN connection vi h sume wholesome hypienio
rules pefsislent!y iHculCdtcd by these advertising
professional outlaws have performed some the.
mupeutic as well as moral wonders by IT, aid
Adyautsse j. taken OF the fact that the people
uIc uIed oI belliB dHgged ana the apparatus
Wlieh J. sent % Their patients being more tangi.
pie IMAM uOse vi medicine, Is sure % urOQ &c al
least two results, one OF which Is 10 INSPIRE tbn
patient with hope, the other that IL gives tbe
!aueht sou elhhs to do In other words, Il keeps
the mind employed.
The objections to compound oxygen are.
Ihtte l' no sutn lnHs as uMpOuuI oxygen.
Ihat tnc handling OF the substance bearing
thS II me hAs been confined almost entirely 10
persons without any knowledge of medicine or
@ @other qualification requisite % the adu,inisra-
l'ol OF shtH an agent.
., That the formula las been retained as
secret Whleh was only made known ior pcouniary
Cousid, ratiuns.
q, l. TIN That il has been advertised IN an unpro-
le,sl"nal' not I" say unlrncIpcl, manner
Naliohs oxygen aud Nitrogen ,ompuund Is
composed Of two atoms OF oxygen and ono of
nitrogen. Either Of these clemens h,u used
separately, are without special thtRpeutical
meH. u ttfta,ul! was never intended by ma.
lure mat we should Use pure oxygen alone IL
is too powerful an oXidiziug agent and the ther.
aptHtl'ai results obtalilc" 10y IT, use have never
been as satisfactory when used siugly A. when
combined WIN a certain equivalent ol nitrogen.
The Two elements, however when combined I'm
these proportions, produce p Coa.pDuud OF siuRu.
Ia therapeutic merit.
Ii Is an established fact that oxygen is the most
l'i itN hllbN loI lll an UtuU- pler. OF
oxygen IL is impossible Tor disease germs 20 exist
1t piece Of decaying vegetable or animal
matter Is placed in bell glass containing an at.
mosphere OF oxygen, the p oceSs OF decay be.
comes speedily arrested Hence its applicability
IN a iS"asS "hc'ttuS thv zoe spaF,tory ofA..,.a.
ms compound nos only acts as an antiseptic
but So acts on The respiratory muscles as 10 com.
pei the patient To breathe properly I'm fact there
are but ieW persons who breathe as tDey should
Many authors claim that imperfect Breathing is
cause OF ltrgc percentage OF bronchial trou,
Dies Ncsldual air remaining over from one IN.
spiraiion % another cXcitcs irritation Subsequent
Inflammation, which becomes prolific field for
the development OF disease germs
The Compound cOmpols the patient 10 take
deep inspirations, thus cNpellng all residue air
When once the disease has been established
Cllhcr nom imperfect aCrutluu or whatever cause
believe the oxygen and Nitrogen Compound
because OF rs autiNpiic qualities will arrest the
development "i disease and render the soil bar.
rtn Tor germ growth. lfthe BACILLUS TuBEECJ.
LOSS i the essential factor iu the DEVELOPMENT
of phthisiS. hen We have in this agent an ell.
cieni gcrmicidc AMI an autidOte.