The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-01-28

As Therapeutic Agents in theiTreat-
ment II PulmonaEa and other
Chronic Diseases.

I'll use OfOxygen and nitrogen gas IN advanced
therapeutics is no longer m experiment.
knowing there exists demand on the part OF
the profession Tor a preparation Of oxygen that
has reaI theTapeutice merit, would re- pectfully
call your attention % NeitOus Oxygen and
Nitrogen Compound.
Before stating what Oxygen compound Is. In
order TO have Tie matter properly understood, II
Is necessary for me 20 state that 10 Is not Com
pOund Oxygen
During tic Yast f'w years The papers ana Jour-
mails, secular, religious aul scientific, al over
the country, have compound oxygen, in which II
Is auded a. The great SPECIFIC for all the ills Of
man.
The extensive sale the oxygen home treat.
ment and astonishing claims made for il have
induced many chemists and physicians 10 inquire
into it, alleged virtues AMI ieter4!ine the ingre-
dients 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 otheS.)
"Dr; wallan, who has carefully investigated
the subject says. Some enterprisiug but unsCrup.
ulOus pretenders 'discoyered' i'm this gas the
sO-called 'oNygcnized air which some years ago
was so extensively advertised as a cure-all.
Rights 10 manufacture and administer IL @ were
sold for round sum, tho process OF generating IL
being bungliugly disguised By the addition Of
ierric carbonate or other inert coloring material
10 the ammonium nitrate used. Even to this day
firm In Philadelphia Is stll harping on the
miraculous alchemy of COMPOUND Oxygen Home
treatment which IS a bare faced swindle, being
nothing more than weak solution OF Ammonium
muriatc and ST. CrOix rum, (sOme adding also
chlorate OF potashJ II must be admitted that
in connection with some wholesome hygienic
rules pcrsstently inculCated by these advertising
professional outlaws have performed some the
raupeutic as well as moral wonders by its aid"
Adyantsge IS taken Of the fact that the people
are tired Of being drugged and the apparatus
which IS sent To their patients being more tang-
bic than dose OF medicine, is sure 70 urod ICE at
least two results one of which Is 10 inspire the
patient with hope, the other that IL gives the
patient sOmeth ing 10 do; in other words il keeps
the mind employed.
The objections to compound oxygen are:
/. There Is no such thing as comp pound oxygen.
2 That the handling OF the substance bearing
this me has been confined almost entirely 10
persons without any knowledge of iledicine or
other qualifications requisite to the administra-
tsOn OF snch an agent.
3, That the formula has been retained as a
secret winch was only made known for pecuniary
COnside ratiOns.
1. That it has been advertised in an unpro.
fessional, not 10 say unlrinciplcd, manner
NaltOn's oxygen ANA Nitrogen compound Is
composed OF two atoms Of oxygen and one Of
nitrogen. Either OF these elements when used
separately are without special tLtapeutical
merit 1t certainly was never intended by ma
tire that We should u.s. pure oxygen alone. IL
is too powerful an oxidizng agent, and the ther-
apeutical results obtaiuet by is use have never
been as Sa istlctOry when used Siugly. a. when
combined with certain equivalent ol nitrogen
The two elements, however when combined in
these proportions, produce Coz pound Of siugu-
Ia" therapeutic merit
Ii is an established fact that oxygen is the most
peri ct aniiscFtic known, for IA an atmosphere of
oxygen II Is impossible tor uiscAse germs TO exist
II II piece Of decaying vegetable or animal
matter Is placed in bell glass containing an at
mosphere OF oxygen, the p occss OF decay be-
comes speedily arrested. Hence its applicability
in disease affecting the respiratory organs
This Compound not only acts as an antiseptic,
but So acts on the respiratory muscles as to 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 large percentage Of bronchial trOu-
bes. Residual air remaining over from one in
spiraton 70 another eXcites irritation subsequent
Inflammation, which becomes prolific field for
the development OF disease germs.
The Compound compcls the patient TO take
deep inspirations, thus eXpellng all residue air
When once the disease has been established
either from imperfect aCrQtiOn or whatever cause
believe the Oxygen and Nitrogen Compound
because OF its antsepiic qualities will arrest the
development "i disease and render the soil bar
rem for germ growth. Ifthe BACILLUS TUBERCU.
LosIs i the essential factor in the development
OF phthiSis, then we have I'm this agent an efh-
cicnt germicide and an antidote.