The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-02-04

As Therapeutic Agents in thegTreat-
ment q Pulmonary and other
Chronic Diseases.

III use ofoNygen and nitrogen gas la advanced
therapeutics j. no longer an experiment.
knowing there cXi.s demand on the part OF
the profession Tor a preparation Of oxygen that
has real therapeutical merit, would respectfully
eAn your attention % Na!ton's oxygen ana
Nitrogen Compound.
Before stating what Oxygen compound IS. IN
order 20 have the matter properly understood IL
Is necessary for me 10 state HAT 10 j. not Com
pound oxygen
During the past few years the papers and Jour
nals, secular, religious and scientific. al over
the country, have compound oxygen, IN which IL
Is audei as The great SPECIFIC for all the lis of
man.
The extensive sale Of the oxygen home treat.
mcnt and astonishing claims made for IL have
induced many chemists and physicians 10 inquire
into It's alleged virtues AMI deter4ine the ingre-
dents which compose IL. The formue of both
The home ana oilce treatment have been pub
lished IN yarOu, journals boston Journal Of
Chemistry, Medical Record, The Health Record,
and othcrs.)
"Dr. wallian, who has carefully investigated
the subject says: some cntcTprisiug but unScrup-
ulOus pTcteudeTs 'discoyercd' In this gas the
so-called 'Oxygeuizcd air which some year ago
was so extensively advertised as II cure-ell.
Rights u manufacture and administer IL @ were
sold for round sum. the process OF generating IL
being bunglingly disguised by the addition Of
icrric carbonate OF other inert coloring material
70 the ammonium nitrate used. Even 20 this day
firm IN Philadelphia Is still harping on the
miraculous alchemy Of COMPOUND Oxygen Homo
Treatment which is a bare faced swindle being
nothing more than weak solution Ofammouiutn
muriatc and st. CroiX rum, (,Ome adding also
chorate of potash) It must be admitted. that
ia connection with some wholesome hygienic
rules pcrsstently inculcated by these advertising
professional outlaws have performed some the-
nupeutic a. well as moral wonders by it. aid"
Adyantsge j. taken OF the fact that the people
are tired Of being druggcd and the apparatus
which Is sent 70 their patients being more tangi-
Bile than dose OF medicine Is sure 10 prod nee at
least two results, one of which is 10 inspire the
the mind employed.
The objections to compound oxygen are:
]. There j. no such thing as com pound oxygen
2 That the handling of the substance hearing
this n me has been confined almost entirely 10
persons without any knowledge Of medicine or
isOn OF suCh an agent
3, That the formula has been retained as a
secret which was only made known for pccuniary
COnsid, rations
l. That IL has been advertised IN an uppro.
iessional, not to sly unIrincipleI, manner
Naltons oxygen aud Nitrogen compound ~
composed OF two atoms Of oxygen aud one of
nitrogen. Either Cf tLt.c elements when used
separately. age without special thcrapeutical
mtr' ii certainly was never intended by ma
ture that We should use pure oxygen alone. IL
is too powerful an oXidiziug agent and the ther-
npcuticul results ubtaues. 10y It's use have never
been as satisfactory when used sngly, a. when
combined with a certain equivalent oi nitrogen
The two elements however, when combined In
. these proportions produce coM pound of slug1I,
la" therapeutic merit.
IL Is an established fact that oxygen Is the most
oxygen Il Is impossible tor disease germs 10 exist
II piece uf decaying vegetable or animal
matter + placed in bcll glass containing an al.
mosphere Of oxygen, the p oceSs of decay be-
comes speedily arrested. Hence its applicability
IN disease affecting the respiratory organs
This Compound not ouly acts as an antiseptio
but s"acts ON The respiratory muscles, as 10 com
pei the patient 10 breathe properly. In fact there
are out lev persons who breathe as they should
Many authors claim That imperfect breathing Is
acause OF @ Urge percentage of bronchial trou-
bies, keslGual pir remaining over from one in
spiratipn to another eNcites irritation subsequent
Inflammation, which becomes n prolific field for
the l"yclom, OF disease germs
fhr compound compcs the patient 20 take
deep inspiration, thus eXpclling an residue air
When once thr disease has been established
either lrom imperfect acratiun og whatever cause
! believe the oxygen Gpd Nitrogen Compound
because OF is Jut.-rpiic qualities VIII arrest the
dcvrlppm,u. "i disease aud render the soil bar.
rem for germ growth. Itthe BACILLUS TUBERCU-
LosIs l. the essential factor IN the development
of phth>iS hen we have I'm this agent an eli,
cieui gcrmcide ami an antidOtC.