The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-02-11

A. Therapeutic Agent, in thosTreat.
ment Z Pulmonary n nd other
Chronic diseases.

sCHs
Chronic diseases.
III u'eoforygrn and uitrogen gas In advanced
therapeutcs j. no longer an experiment
Knowing there exists a demand on the part
he profession for preparation OF oxygen that
has real thera apeutcal merit / wuId resi- ectfully
call your attention 70 NaltOn's Oxygen and
Nitrogen COMPOUND.
Before stating what Oxygen compound Is, In
order 10 have the matter properly understood, II
Is nccess try for me 10 state That 1t Is not Com
pound oxygen"
puring the asst few years The pap,rs and Jour-
uals, secular, religious AMI scientific, al over
the country. have compound oxy zen, In which il
Is landed as The great spec INC for all the ills Of
The extensive sale OF the oxygen home treat.
lneni and astonishing claims made for IL have
induced many chemists and physicians 10 inquire
into IL alleged virtues. AMI detersiine the ingre-
ieuts which compose II. The formule OF both
the home aud Office rc8tment have been pub
lished in various journals Boston Journal OF
Chemistry Medical Record, The Health Record.
and others.)
"Dr. wallian. who ha, carefully investigated
the subject says: some enterprising but unscrup.
ulous pIetehders 'discoyered IN this gas the
so-called 'oxygenized air which some years ago
was SO extensively advertised rs a cure-en.
Rights 10 manufacture and administer IL (Y) were
soli for round sum, the process OF generating IL
being bungligly disguised by the addition of
ferric carbonate or other inert colofing material
10 the ammonium nitrate used. Even % this day
firm Ia Philadelphia is still harping on the
miraculous alchemy OF COMPOUND oxygen Home
Ireatment,' which is "a bare faced swindle being
nothing more than weak solution ofammouillln
muriatc aud - Croix rum, (sOme adding also
chlorate OF potash IL must be admitted that
in connection wi h some wholesome hygienio
rules persistently inculCatvd by these advertising
professional outlaws have performed some the
faupeutic as wei as moral wonders by its aid"
Advantage is taken OF the fact that the people
are tired OF being drigged aud the apparatus
which IL sent To their patients being more tangi.
Bile than dose OF medicine Il sure to urOd &C at
least two results one Of which Is 10 inspire the
patient with hope, the Other that 1t gives the
patient son eth m 10 d.; In other words IL keen.
the mind employed.
The objections 10 con pound oxygen are:
i. Ihefc Is no such thing as com pound oxygen,
That tie handling OF the substance beaTlng
this me has been confined almost entirely 70
persons without any knowledge OF medicine or
other qualihct'iois requisite 10 the adn.iuistra.
son oi silch all agent.
s. That the iormula has been retained az a
secret which was only nude known Tor pecuniary
cuuSid, rations.
T. That ii has been advertised In an unpro.
iessional not % say uulrinciplod, manner
"alton,s oxygen aud Nitrogen umpound Ii
composed of tNu atoms Of Oxygen and one OF
nitrogen; Ellher OF these elemrnts, whtn used
-cpafdlely. are without special th,Tapeutical
meH IL ccrta MY was ne eg intended by ma.
ture that We should U.S. pure Oxygen alone. IL
Is TOO powerful an oNidizing agent, and the Their
aptuti'ul results Obtailie, by its use have never
been as M isiictogy Wien used singly, a, when
cOmbinCd With a. certain equivalent q nitrogen
The two clemens however, when combined In
these proportions produce Goa pound OF siugu.
la therapeutic merit.
1t is an established fact that oxygen is the most
peri CT anttscptic knOwl for ia an tmospher, of
oxygen II Is impossible tor aiseuse germs o exist
II piece OF decayng vegetable or anima.
matter Il placed in bell glass containing AN at.
mosphere OF oxygen the p.oceSs o decay he.
comes speedily arrested Hence its applicability
In disease affecting the lespIn, tory organs,
ms 20 hpound no. Uuly acts as an antisept
but so acts "n lhe resWnitory muscles, as 10 com.
pei the patient "a breathe properly la fact there
are but ieN persons who breathe as tney should
Many authors claim that imperfect breathing Is
cause Oi Urge percentage of bronchial trOu-
blcs. Residual air rel aiming over from one in.
spiration to another eXcitcs irritation Subsequent
Inflammation, which becomes a prolific he'd Tor
the development of disease gems
The Compound cQmppls tho patient to take
dec inspirations, lhus tXpvlling all residue air
When once the disease has hcen established
either iron. imperfect atratiOn or whatever cause
believe the oxygen aud Nitrogen Compound,
because OF its autisrpic qualities, viii arrest the
development If disease Hud render the soil bar
rem for germ growth. lfthe BACILLUS 1UBERCU.
LosIs 1, the essential facior in the development
OF phthlss. hen We have ia this agent an eff.
cient germicide anu an antiiote.