Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03


consists of the president. already
named. Viscountess Wolseley, Lady
Hamilton Gordon. Clara Lady Raleigh.
Lady Osborne. Lady Arnott. the dow
ager Lady Stuart. Lady Nottage. Mira.
Joscelyn Bagot. Sir Francis de Winton.
Sir Francis Osborne. Sir Thornley, |
Stokes. Col. Sunderson, M. p. the Rev. |
Teigmouth Shore, Sir John Hassard. |
DR.. George Stoker. Mr.. Adrian |
Hope. Mr.. b. r. Baker Of Balti- |
more. u. S. A., and Mr.. w. Bur-
dett-Coutts. M. p. chairman. These |
ladies and gentlemen desire to
spread knowledge Of practice which.
1t has been proved by demonstration,
will cure ailments of common occur
renee hitherto regarded "a incurable.
Independently of the humanitarian as
pect of the system and Its remarkable
curative effects, 1t has the further ad-
vantage OF being extremely econom-
ical. especially when we remember
that the warehouses; and inflrmaries
throughout the country contain hun
dreds Of patients whose present illness
which oxygen would relieve--makes
them burden upon the rates.
Since the establishment Of the home
in the beginning of May fifteen pa
tients have been discharged cured. the
aggregate of whose sufferings extended
over a period Of forty years. and TINS
act of beneflcence has been accom-
plished at a trifling cost. The oxygen
treatment has at present no rival. and.
with the exception Of the home. no In
stitution exists where the system Ia
explained to qualified practitioners,
students and nurses. Like most all
discoveries of the kind. the oxygen
treatment has not escaped criticism.
At the same time there can be no
doubt whatever as to Its value In the
cure of wounds and skin difficulties OF
the most serious and obstinate nature.
During the Turko-Russian and Zulu
wars DR.. George Stoker, who was for
merely an ambulance surgeon, at nrst
under the Turkish government ana
afterward to the Stafford House com
mission In South Africa. observed the
| effects which pure air had on wounds
when exposed to its influence. During
and after the Zulu war he was IN
structed to administer surgical relief 10
| the wounded natives-which, by the
| way, they were most unwilling to ac-
cent. He could not, however, help re-
marking that the natives carried their
| own wounded to the hilltOps, several
| thousand feet above the level OF the
sea, where the wounds were exposed
to the action of the atmosphere and
washed with water several times daily.
Under this simple and primitive treat
ment severe wounds healed rapidly,
partly, no doubt, owing to the pure
blood OF the patients, and partly to
the fact that they abstained from al
coholic stimulants. but even more. as
the observer believed. was the result
due to the action of the oxygen In the
| air.
The idea was not lost on Dr. Stoker.
who ultimately arrived mt the conclu-
| sion that wounds and ulcers might sat
isfactorily be healed by exposure to
oxygen gas. Thirteen years later. on
his return to England. he began treat
ing cases of the kind by inclosing the
parts affected in wooden box. with
glass lid, at the end OF which is an
aperture, fitted with an india-rubber
funnel for the admission Of the infected
limb. A mixture, half pure oxygen and
half pure air, Is introduced into the
box from an india-rubber bag. Other
apparatus are used for affections Of the
eve. ear, nose, head and trunk. The
first effect OF the oxygen on the wound
Ia to relieve pain. and. when visiting
the home, I saw case of woman
who. although she had passed through
many forms of attempted cure. had not
enjoyed nights complete rest for
eighteen years, yet who now Is free
from suffering and on the high road to
health AS is Familiarity known. Oxy-
gen Is a powerful sanitary agent. and II
we'll retains it's power in this treat.
mept, dissipating all offensive odori
like magic.
It was observed, from the beginning
that on many of the parts exposed Il
the gas hair grew with astonishing "a
pidity. and it was determined to try tn,
effect Of the oxygen in cases of prema
ture badness. A girl of s, who hat
been bald for several years. was fitted
with a cap made of india rubber. KEEP
constantly filled with pure oxygen. He
hair grew with astonishing rapidit!
and is now in a normal condition. 4
, boy who was affected on the front o
, ono Of his eyes and who. under treat
ment. wore a shield over the upper par
of his face, after few weeks developed
eyebrows and eyelashes of an extraOr
binary length. The treatment seem
| q m n n
: wounds and ulcers, not only in the ex
, tremities. but in all parts of the body