Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-05-05

smith message went from the camp
Of the Beers to that Of the British, re-
qicsting, for the relief Of men In hospi-
tals, n certain kind Of medicine which
the Beers medical department lacked.
The request was Instantly granted.
The Beers confidence In the humanity
Of their foes was MS touching as It was
crcditnble to the British who inspired
Il.
Chicago has the poorest street car
service In the world, especially since
the rcformers have been satisfied" by
the Union Traction Company.
The South African war has again
given the horse n dignliled place among
the worlds things OF value. but It Is
doubtful whether he II to be cOngratu-
lated upon his rehabilitation. Though
he Is no longer drug on the market.
he has no brighter future before him
than ut any other time since the trolley
cur and the automobile began to crowd
him OF the earth. For the crOwding.
of process continues Mt rate that
might well alarm the whole equine
race. Competent authorities estimate
that the BOer war IL killing ut lenst o.
600 horses per month. which will ac-
count for $1,000 or 10000 animals since
the beginning Of the war. not counting
those used for table purposes In Lady
smith, Kimberley. and Mafeking. There
Is every probability that the wastage Of
horses will he still greater when the
British penetrate farther into the BOcr
country. The Beers take special pains
to kill tho cnemy's horses, because tho
death Of horse Ia almost a. great a.
military loss as the death Of man.
The climate also causes the Wholesale
sickness and death Of the unaccllmated
animals. To supply this enormous
horse markets Of the world. The war
Office IL said to have arranged to con-
vey 10000 horses In twenty.thrce YES
sells from New Orleans. Buenos Ayres.
and Australian ports, while at the
same time New York dispatch states,
that a contract has been nearly com-
pleted In that city for $4,000 more. II
tho war. continues long enough mt this
rate the American horse breeders will
be In clover.
The use Of $500 gallons of oxygen In,
saving the life Of pneumonia patient
In New York the other day Ii an incl
dent worthy Of more than passing no
tice considering tho great apparently
increasing mortality from this disease.
That doctors are less successful In
coping with this disease than with al
most any other ailment, save cancer
and consumption, Ii evidenced by
abundant statistics. During the seven
days Of recent week there were 100
deaths from pneumonia In Chicago.
while In other cities the mortality from
this cause Is proportionately large. 1t
seems to DO generally recognized by
physicians ana laymen that when u
sufferer from pneumonia reaches GER
tain crisis In the development Of the
malady he IL beyond medical aid and
all hope IL abandoned. He simply SUI
locates while medical science stands
by In helpless impOtency. 1t Is very
clear, even to the laymen, that medi-
cine will not reach the indamed lung
tissue and that pouring medicine into
the stomach OF a pneumonia patient
simply impairs vitality and retarls the
recuperative efforts Of nature. Pure,
life-givlng oxygen Ii wanted. not drugs.
Aside from the mild medication neces-
sary to reduce fever and stimulate
heart action the need of the patient II
for a process that will impart oxygen
to the blood and enable nature to heal
the infiamed tissues Of the respiratory
organs. The restorative efficacy Of
oxygen In the treatment OF pneumonia
has been demonstrated by physicians
In such numberless instances that u
failure to resort to 1t may be charac-
terixed as almost criminal. 1t IL true
that 1t has not always saved lives, but
how many physicians have used $500
gallons OF oxygen In the treatment Of
one patient? In the New York case
the number of cylinders of oxygen used
each day increased rapidly as the dis
ease developed. On the day when the
crisis was reached and passed twenty
two cylinders, each containing 100 gal
Ions OF the gas, We're used. In all
eighty.fve cylinders OF gas, costing
$425, were used, ana the patient ia
now recovering. Is life worth $500
gallons of oxygen? The earth is full
of 1t; there Is no limit to the supply.
The New York experiment suggests the
use Of much greater quantities OF 1t In
each particular case than was ever be-
!. fore attempted by physicians.