The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-01-07
OXYGEN and NITROGEN
As Therapeutic Agents in the,Treat-
ment of Pulmonary and other
Chronic Diseases.


III use ofOxygen and nitrogen gas In advanced
therapcutics II no longer an experiment
knowing there exists demand on the part OF
tle procession Tor a preparation OF oN fgcn that
has real therApeutical merit would respectfully
can your attention 20 WalIOn's Oxygen ana
Nitrogen Compound
Before stating what oxygen compound f.. in
order 70 have the matter properly understood, il
j. necessary Tor me TO state That 10 Is not Com
pound Oxygen"
During The sast f. ~ years he papers and jour.
mails secular, religious AMI scientific al over
the country, have compound oxygen. in which IL
man.
The extensive sale Of the oxygen homo treat.
ment and astonishing claims made tor il have
induced many chemists aud physicians 10 Inquire
INTO lS alleged virtues. ami deterEine the iugre-
llents winch compose IT, The formula of both
the home and Office treatment have been pub.
lkhed in various journals Boston Journal of
Chemistry Medical Record, The Health Record,
and Others)
"Dr. wallian. who has carefully investigated
the subject says: "some euterprisng but unscrup.
ulous pIetcnders discovered in this gas the
sO-called 'ONygcnized air which some years ago
was so extensively advertised as a cure,gI
Rights 10 manufacture ana administer Il t?) were
soli Tor round sum, the process Of generating IL
being bungliugly disguised by the addtion Of
ferric carbonate or other inert cOloring material
10 the ammonium nitrate used. Even to this tlay
a firm IN Philadelphia is still harpiug on the
miraculous alchemy of COMPOUND Oxygen Home
Treatment which is bare faced swindle being
nothing more than weak solution ofammonium
mnriato and -. CrOiK rum, (some adding also
ChlOrate OF potash.) II must be admitted thar
IN connection with some wholesome hygienic
rules persistently inCuCated by these ADVERTISING
professional outlaws have performed some the
raupeutic a. well as moral wonders by It's aid"
Advantage is taken of the fact that the people
are tired Of being dnlgged and the apparatus
which Is sent 70 their patients being more tangi,
BILE than dose of medicine, Is sure 10 produce M
least two results, one Of which Is % inspire the
patient with hope, the other that IL gives the
bauent something 10 do; IN other words, 1t keeps
the mind employed.
The objections 10 com pound oxygen are,
!. There Is no such thing as compound oxygen
2. That the handling OF the substance bearing
TINS name has been confined almost entirely 10
persons without any knowledge of medicine or
other qualifications requisite 10 the administra.
tson Of such an agent
3, That the formula has been retained as a
considerations.
1. That it has been advertised in an unpro.
iessional not 10 say unprinciped, manner.
Naltons oxygen and Nitrogen Compound Ia
composed 81 two atoms Of oxygen and one Of
nitrogen. Either uf uese elements, when used
separately, are without special thtrapeutical
merit IL certainly was never intended by ma.
ture that we should use pure oxygen alone. 1t
is too powerful an oxidiziug agent and the ther-
apeutical results obtained by its use have never
been as satisfactory when used sngy as when
combined with certain equivalent OF nitrogen
Inc Two elements, however, when combined In
these proportions produce compound of singu.
la therapeutic merit.
peri ct antiscptic known for i'm an atmosphere of
oxygen 1t is impossible tor disease germs TO exist
II piece Of deesyng vegetable or animal
matter is placed in u bell glass containing an at.
mosphere of oxygen the p oceSs of decay be-
comes speedily arrested. Hence its applicability
in disease affecting the respiratory organs,
This Compound not only acts an antiseptic,
but SO acts on the respiratory muscles, as 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
a cause of large percentage of bronchial trou-
bles. Residual air remaining over from one In
spiration tO another eXcites irritation subsequent
Inflammation, which becomes prolific field for
the development OF disease germs.
The Compound compels the patient to take
deep inspirations thus eXpelling all residue air
When once the disease has been established,
either from imperfect acration or whatever cause,
believe the oxygen and Nitrogen Compound
because Oft antiseptc qualities, win arrest the
development of disease and render the soil bar
rem for germ growth. lfthe BACILLUS TUBERCU-
LosGs is the essential factor in the development
of phthisis, then we have in this agent an eff,
cient germiCide and an antidotC,