The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
LIQUID AIR IN SURGERY,
r1pFEIuENT SHOWS 1T no re 4 FdL-
riuLg LUCIL AN.ESTHETIC

,nc curative Eject on herpes hon'or,
.,a,,,, aud InterCostnl and RACIAL
r,,Iyi, suggested Uss in Cancer.
m. nae u'lt14l air In medicine ana sur
slrugug sDne rsmarkah!e results lts
81 ,,y AZ a local anWsthetis, but as
,,ier H. uuaer investigation by several New
-. rbv,r,,gus and surgeons. who get the
i a., rr,ip Charles i. Tiiuler's laboratory.
,,nubsn White tells In the Medical
Ii -, .nr,c experiments he has made
,-r,n,e auWsthstc. n specific OF unknown
- :. q. m. an antisept!c are his pre-
,,,,Ir,r, deductions e. to liquid air.
mi ,hinl there Is reason to hope" ho SAYS
..,. r,laya I'm LIQUID air q therapeutic agent
.ri,h will remove many otherwise obstinate
,mn.rcclal e-!vus Of the BODY and cure some
io.i,ro winch have heretofore resisted all
,n.ssurcs q. treatment at out DISPOSAL, includ-
,e,bsk knife | am firmly convlpced. with the
.,rcrirH.e already mad with its use that u Is
r.dN,in tho rea,ment OF such neurotic
,..Ns "a horp.s aoster. sciatca and inter
.,.,,I nui ,ac'il reuralgia. atrordinE instant
al ,,r,ltuel rs"f after one APPLICATION over
d. .,;o,L end q! the affected nerve. The use
=, r.,,.d air IN medicine. /. T.. in the pulmon-
No.. ii-.,s,s. IN the reduction o! fever. &c.
or.us A l,rEe field. one which presents many
=, .,,.l.s at the very start, and possibly much
hvrs Tor the 'u'urr.
IlsnIth Commissioner jenkins gave Dr.
pl.ro the privileges o, the Departments hos
ninI laboratory to test the effects OF LIQUID
nj ON germ te In order to ind the effect OF
,hc extreme ,old Of 3l2' F. below zero On ty-
,n,ll anthrax and diphtherla bacllli. with
Oh, cing them In contact with the liquid.
mo hartn were put In capillary tubes. sealed
n, Irth ends nul dropped into 4 glass OF liquid
air When the tubes were removed. after in
,rrynls Of thirty, fuity-fve. sixty and niDaty
p,iru,ea the sealed ends were broken and
th.y we're dropped into culture tubes. The ex-
trrue cold had had no effect on them. After
these experiments n culture medium contain
ipe colonies OF anthrax hacilli was dropped into
n.ulas,u huuid ar aud left there for an hour.
The result WAS the same as before. Even con-
sat 18th the liquid did not kill the germs.
! .rthsr experiments in this line will he made.
~ Whites experiments With li1uid nir
treatment o. the tissues OF men and beasts
have great interest. He disagrees with a
writer Ia the >c,,ntifc american. He quotes
from all Old English textbook. wherein Erich.
sen in describing frostbits. says: "Expsri-
ence teaches ~ that the tissues thealthvJ may
lie completely frozen and k"pt In that state for
q minute or more without suffering any In
Jury" And h. asks ii 1t is not reasonable to
suppose. CONSIDERING the pathology Of car
clnuuIa'uUs .agycrJus) tissue. 10 suppose
thnsr t,.u.Drs will arrest the rapid and lawlcSs
cell multiplication which is the manner o.
their growrh, and eject a recovery, providing
no nlataslUsls taxes place
Or White APPLIES liquid air to the tissues OF
thr human holy BY the svray and by swab
dlppct IN the Iiuuid. Before his eXperlInrnts
o. human SUBJECTS he tried liquid air on rab-
bts lgprtI IN I.tuid. air for s9mo minutes,
about three. quarters Of the ear OF n rat Bit WIS
cnmpeteiy frcieu--sc st!.E that piece OF tho
til was broken OF without pain or hemorrhage.
After ten inmates circulation was rs-eStab-
ltal, rFf nom "A ~ NJ ht. "a
piece Was broken u Five days a.sr the ear
beam - swe. anl at the end "ttwo weeks
on lua Isst at the ear became norra!. When
-IrAy OF "Guil air is arpiied to the human
L tIt stray > Al oiled for only a few seconds
the color u, rt.Iu,.y comes Lack aud the SKIN
Is ,,a-"stnd tor som" minutes aitslwari. 4
uIihu,es s9.NiIhE t@uses freezing The cir.
ca.attpr rstGrls "a u few minutes and there is
~ Injury 10 the tissues. excepting whore the
lpnt Is appu,d at a ltngor TIP or some othsr
"raag, t,lo rain n the application. except-
NV At ' ,s If. t,HS Whsn tae.s is :.
"so ',i4n e.T an.-theliTs' the ungf 70
vi .., It is aps'"i. riihout froelinE II so ii.
t'N" tired liz .I.,. air N number ~ cn,"-
50 .oal 81. e'ntw' with lava,idu!e si,1nt-9;
a.. a." ..tE tt"rtaut n4NahiuE- It h'> 80"
!uE b"''" iay heNiOrILage SETS ia. the dress
TX THEN 1".ns sufficient t.. stop any ""llng.
An Injected ilrslti; over The oecranOu WAS
OIL NlAe'lzrd. messed. r'enued out thoroughly
SlA ure's". without pa,u o" hemprrha--.
NH" 'na i."-,.ns U.s. nrl.Ned. some da..
a!.rrFA.,. III" ,!.ts Of The Wul.nr were found
AZ. he cavity Itself vas, Ire" 'r'vl Lu-.
Al. repair wts more rari! If aafthing than
N"t. l"hiursIF have been eNpe 'fCt.
Aaa.n'. $50 was that ot u boy who had a
I.'.. ".gi il" " AID IN the palm Of Ms han /.
"'.'"4 t'.n,>IrS 20 make IN iuciSipn and eN-
-. ..-H tui.. lHc ulUld j.." %,
az ."3 80" i'.v.. ia i'.- c1be, 50 that when III
H. ''1 |'r 1''n.t'e II ives !9uud thar It was
IL '"."..'- ~ lnr'se the hand with tho
".l d.. "oul! nave been To cut Il cake al
9'-.o''"' No. ,l,.factorlIy nsrrorraed with
'., "' l''n.r nae GMH4 Win no iuFti,:
.I"1 oi IrnI AR. When Tie boy re-
ne' .'l % tow day, the wound was In per-
al ha continued 10 t. vel! until recovery. il.
" Nu. ar H. u local tnu sthetlc / believe
.''. '"Hi,1 l IrterlnIttcnty while the
D,"."."r is 'yrh!HG tada 10 try to freeze the
}H,,, - 'A" II VIII remain senHe!esS Tor any
. ..aInG anumber OF successful cv-
yell o..'- ..'A J. qua. ~. A. an ana THEFT 10
o. TO-. oval II SAH eNurss :si.ces. Dr. NhIe
"tI " "+'H. !, ~ speri.r.
Ne - '-,'.. 10 case ~ lntcrc, s'"l ".r,l'Eiu
S.. '"T - '"9la. neuragIa i.HniG ali has been
~" '' e'"ry one Of those cases instant
a''' -' ... sc are able TO Judge at the pros
.'". '".Tt'. mt lYIiei has beeu uutui5Vd
~ a., ',.t me ii4"id to tho spinal end 9L the
1,. .,, ge,N". Ia one case of ecihtien tho air
n ~ 'Ir'e! ," s'Neca! points In the course Of
snr N"'l-. In W. cases Of herpss Hoster lai
we're -, l9'ri "a the chest waill the eruut! n
,"' '"h'iittsy cried III three days after al
t".', ." 'd ~ Tie othcg cases about hSe
,',r, w. W., ,tl'i'''',1; IN none q these mere
- WE u" Hl hprllsd moro than once and
a.! - ,' As aPpu"'tlun severe enough
'.'" '.-''.' u "r 5. u%hiEc.
me-. H-" b 'd'll nryalrclas were treated
VIII -INaF - swat. on account OF the ey-
H." - &c lD' wed, but by rolling a gla -
,''l N.'' IUtUIt mir over the tissues in
'h' surface tempsrature, the in
.'. Old. .El ,uiE subsidized at once; but it
to I, NJ ,'' h, r - ct any Subsequent his
IS q To- 4 q Il 4 I.. iffNNf Inc