The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08

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the lungs become more active. Lar,-
quantities OF ozone are inhaled al a ,s-7
perature much lower than that % ~,
body. The entire respiratory tract Is dis
injected. Resolution soon takes place /,
a consolidated lung. The cough soon fl.
minishes. likewise the bacim TssT.
metabolism follows upon this system O.
oxidation and nutrition follows"
How about other tuberele ailments,
''In case Of tubercular laryngit.s g-es,
benefit Immediately follows the employ
ment of liquid ozone There is no rss.
son why Il should not prove Of value IN
most pulmonary affections"
but isn't there some danger IN chill.
ing the tender patient by putting him In
the cold chamber
No; the danger is eliminated owing q,
the extreme dryness of the vapcrfzst
liquid ozone. The effect Is exhilarat.us-
causing a tingling sensation. such as one
feels on a cold, dry day In winter. AMI
a good appetite results. In fact. the trent
ment grants Immunity to a great ex-ea,
from cold. Just as in the arctic regions
colds are unknown. The exercise OF the
lungs produced b. respiration under these
circumstances Is very beneficial But il
should be borne In mind that In tgbercu.
losis the condition OF the skin as an Or
gan OF elimination is Of very great IN
portance Hence. from time TO time the
patient is subjected To the action OF row.
erful actinic RAYS OF light. The skin s
thus viylfied and tissue respiration is IN
creased In various neuralgias IL affords
immediate relief TO take the liquid uz0ns
treatment"
How do you produce liquid ozoney'
How Liquid Ozone Is Produced.
Having produced supply of pure oxy.
gen | pass it through a series Of coils
immersed in liquid air. so as 10 lower i,s
temperature. Ii is then subjected 90 a
pressure of several atmosphere in an in.
suIated chamber, from which the air has
been previously withdrawn. In this
chamber electrical oscillations are passed
through the compressed oxygen. Ozone
is thus formed. not entirely free from
oxygen, both in a free and atomic form
This mixture Is then compressed grad
ually In a series of cylinders that are
surrounded by liquid air. and. finally, un-
der great pressure and favored by the
low temperature, liquefaction takes place
resulting in a powerful oxidizer and
antiseptic."
been made as Mr.. Tripler did with liquid
2ir?'
mo, nothing theatrical has been at
tempted But as an example of the ok
dizing power OF liquid ozone, one drop Of
it will fatten out a pound of mercury,
the liquid metal losing it's mobility
through oxidation. not freezing. Then.
the liquid produces the well-known chem
ical tests for ozone. In some respects
chlorine produces the same reaCtilns.
but the blood tests under the micro
scope that reveals a blush ring around
the red cells is convincing. Under Ordi-
! nary conditions ozone is a very unstable
product. It's tendency being to burst back
into its original condition. AS a liquid
it has greater stability and may be kept
| for days unchanged"
How is ii possible to maintain this
compound as a liquid. considering its in
| tensely low temperature and the heat OF
the surrounding atmosphere
Evaporation is prevented to a great
extent by a system of insulation that ap-
| proaches perfection, and also by the utili-
zatiOn of the cold incident to the slight
vaporizatiOn that is unavoidable in the
nature OF things"
do you consider that liquid ozone has
| the same commercial field as liquid air?''
| "By no means. In medicine and sur
! gerry will be found its chief field OF use
| fulness, where, as a local anaesthetic.
| oxidizer. cautery. tonic, and antisept!c.
| II will stand unrivaled. In many cheni-
cal manipulations 1t certainly VIII be in
valuable; but l would rather not discuss
that"
How does the expense of liquid ozone
compare with that Of liquid airT'
| More Expensive Than Air.
1T is greater Of necessity. as the cost
OF oxygen is greater than air. And yet
for the purposes for which IL is intended.
its cost will be merely nominal In pro-
portion to the service rendered.
isn't there considerable danger In
handling liquid ozoney'
None whatever. If the receptacle is
provided with vent that would act as
a safety valve, rendering explosion i'm
possible"
Has ozone ever been liquefied befOre2'
| mo, / presume for two reasons. First.
because there has been no way OF pro-
ducing ozone I'm commercial quantities un-
I'll the introduction Of my apparatus and,
| second. for the reason that much depends
upon the use OF liquid air Uhat is only
| now commercial producU for It's sue
cess. Again, I am not aware Of any field
OF utility having been suggested hitherto,
Notwithstanding the great need in medi-
cine and surgery for such an anaesthec
| and antiseptic."
Have your experiments been conclusive
as to its germicide power?"
| Absolutely. / have tested II in the form
| Of spray upon the bacillus and spores
/ - n. Iar Il -
! OF pathogenic organism: also on the tuber-
Gle 5acilIi. the Klebs-Loeffier bacillus (or
diphtheria germ and the typhoid bacillus,
with the same result-the decomposition
| Of the germ in each instance. Culture
:ests have confirmed this concIusvely."
"Are there any other uses in medicine
or surgery to which it is applicable"
"Oh. yes. the treatment Of skin diseases
of germ origin and the removal Of fungus
groWths II will interest all women and
most men, / fancy, 10 know that moles
and warts and the like may be painlessy
and Immediately removed without bleed
Ing In addition, II should prove a sps-
cifc in diphtheTia, at once relieving pain.
destroying the germs and odor and rem9y-
ing the false membrane. Acting so enfr-
getIcally and with such oxidlzing powers
this treatment should prevent the dlsa-
greeable after effects incident 20 the yt0-
maines that result from the Klebs-LDrA-
Ter bacillus"
Prof Gibson O'NeIll has treated pa
tents brought 10 him by some OF the mD-i
eminent practitioners in New York and
Philadelphia, and for several months last
| winter conducted series OF experiment
at one OF the largest hospitals iD thi5
country with view 10 scientifically dem
onstrating the value Of the asepss treat
ment for tuberculosis diseases lie is a
tall. white-ha.red. squsre-shouIdsfed man
Of perhaps forty-fiye years. E,ec,r0-ch-m'
istry his been mis- hobby for moIr taah
twenty years.
He is singulariy ayerse 10 public ro'.s
and has time and again declined 10 b. .H'
terylewed or write out his ObseTyat-ll'
for newspapers or magazines, bat 10 plJ'
sicians and scientists he mas aiWays r.lf
ieously extended the freedom OF h.s -ay
orafory and sanifariu.n. besides gran'.f
/ permission 20 examine the histories Of a-'
| patients. as they have been cOllsted. tao-
| lated, and verified. He has not selfish