Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-01-20
BRINGS BACK BREATH.
AN INVENTION FOR PRoDUc-
ING RESPIRATION.
Of Invaluable service In Treating Cases
OF AsphySiatiOn by Water or Cas-
Used Also In starting Respiration In
New Born Babies.

/ DIR. Edwin DeBaun OF Passaie. \,
j., makes the announcement regard
ing the time-honored statement that
a man has died from lack Of breath
that If breath was an he needed he
should have lived.
From time immemorial physicians
have directed their ingenuity toward
an effective application OF this wealth
Of air. but without satisfactory re-
i suits Cases OF suspended animation
come under their notice every day
4 Men are rescued from the water after
/ a hard battle with the waves. their
lungs filed with water, the life's ac-
ton suspended In the majority Of
f instances restoration Of animation
cannot be effected The lungs may
be emptied OF the water. the iife-
! giving air, so abundant. il at hand
I and il ii could only Be forced into
the organs and respiration started
life could be renewed Physicians
efforts to solve the problem have
been unceasing, but, says DR.. De
Baum. misdlrected
I When a man is rescued from the
i water, says the New York World,
+ the first thing done is 10 empty the
lungs OF water by rolling him on .
barrel or lifting him from the ground
head downward Then he Is laid on
i his back, the arms raised to expand
\ the lungs, and rhythmic contrac-
4 tiOn and expansion OF the chest walls
effected BY alternate pressure and
\ relaxation. Sometimes the forcing
process has been kept up for hours
With ultimate success, but, consider
ing the possibilities recognized in
I artificial respiration. the results have
I been far from encouraging
/ DIR DeBaun has worked on an on
< tirely new line. and the result 81 his
+ experiments and observation is
/ method Of internal respiration which,
he claims, cannot possibly fail M
attention was first directed to the
subject By case Of suspended ami
nation in a newly born child. II
has been the practice in such cases
to force air into the lungs Of the in
/ FAINT BY breathing into it, mouth. and
then contracting the lungs by pres.
sure upon the chest But this has
been found not only intensely dis
agreeable, but highly inefficient.
DIR. DeBaun decided to try a new
expedient lie passed small rub
Der tube through the nose OF the in
FAINT and down into the throat Clos
ing the mouth ne forced air through
the tube from a rubber bag, initiating
the lungs then releasing the press
ure from the mouth found. as be ex-
pected, that the elasticity oI tho
muscles Of the chest caused imrnedi
ate contraction Of the lungs. FORMING
complete respiration. This was
kept up for forty-fye minutes. when
natural respiration had been re-
stored and life had been saved.
Since then DR. DeBaun has perfected
this hastily imptovised apparatus
and finds that animation NAV b
often restored within fifteen minutes.
The apparatus Is as simple as 10 Il
ingenious. Il consists 81 long
rubber tube, near one end oI which
is piece Of soft rubber with which
to cover the mouth and nose. At
the other end are two rubber bulbs
After the tube mas been inserted b..
tween the teeth and the mouth and
nose covered tightly the lower bulb
IS compressed, forcing air into the
second bulb, which acts as reser-
vOir- This second bulb Is much more
elastic than the other and main
tains steady pressure OF air through
the tube II is covered with loose
netting which acts as sort Of a
safety valve against ovorpressure.
The tube Is fitted with stop cock
that may be used to lend force to the
first few rcspiratious
A few compressiOns Of the lower
bulb are sufficient 20 FIJI the lungs.
Then the pressure on mouth and nose
IS relaxed and the lungs are emptied
by the natural elasticity Of the
muscles Of the chest This elasticity
remains even after death, and with
this instrument it is quite possible
to make "A dead man breathe regular
ly as long as the application con
tinues. In some Of the doctors ex.
periments on dead bodies this sinu-
lation Of life has been absolutely
startling.
1t is not for dead men. however,
that the "insutflator," as It Is called,
has been devised, but for men who
have been brought apparently to
death's door by asphyxiation from
gas and water In the latter case
the lungs must first DO emptied. The
apparatus weighs but few ounces.
II is not patented, as Dir DeBaun is
strict observer Of medical ethics,
which declare that the discoveries OF
a physician belong TO the world He
is treasurer Of the state board OF
medical examiners Of New Jersey, and
has invented several valuable surgi-
cal instruments and devices.
He WAS Answered.