Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-20
BRINGS BACK LIFE
Wonderful Results Accomplish
ed by ''PuImotor."
USEFUL IN ASPHYxIATI0N
Little Apparatus Installed at All
Mine Rescue Stations.
MACHINE OF GERMAN ORIGIN
Consists of Cylinder for Storing
Oxygen and Mask With Two
Flexible Tubes.
USEFUL IN ASPHYxIATION
MACHINE OF GERMAN ORIGIN

There is today in the Office of DR.. J..
A. Holmes, director Of the bureau of
mines. a little apparatus known as a pull
motor. with which men supposed to be
dead have been brought back to life. 1t
is wonderfully useful in all cases Of as
phyxiation by gas. People pronounced
dead by drowning have been brought back
to life with it. 1t opens UP wonderful
possibilities in life-saving, not only in
mine accidents. but in the city hospitals
and at bathing places. in every case
where death is threatened by the filling
of the lungs with gas or water.
Itris Of German origin. and SO wonderful
are the results of it's use that 1t has been
installed mall the rescue cars and at all
the mine rescue stations by the bureau
Of mines.
An instance is told of the saving of the
lives of three men who had been passed
and repassed upon as dead after an ac-
cident in an Ohio mine. They were treat
ed with the pulmotor and restored to
life after three hours work in the face
of the most discOuraging conditions. The
men are said to be alive and we'll to-
day.
Miner Is Resuscitated.
mine explosion that killed 100 men, the
rescue carr with a pulmotor. arrived
twenty-six hours after the accident. A
man was found near the entrance Of the
mine whose body showed very slight evil
dence Of warmth. The pulmotor was put
to work, and although the force Of the
explosion lRd blown OF one ear, and
otherwise injured him, his lungs were
pumped out, fresh oxygen pumped in,
and the man was resuscitated and is
living today.
The pulmotor consists of a cylinder IN
which oxygen Is stored under a pressure
up to 125 atmospheres; blowing and
suction valve, actuated by two accordion
bellows; face mask which incloses the
mouth and nose. making an alright con-
nection with the face, to which mask il
attached two flexible tubes, leading to
the blowing and suction valves respective
When the mask is made alright on the
face and the oxygen turned on the APP
paratus works automatically. Oxygen is
forced into the lungs until a pressure
of four degrees OF water gauge is reach
ed, which pressure is in connection with
one OF the accordion bellows, and owing
to the elongation of the bellows under
this pressure the valves are turned and
the pressure In the lungs released.
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The suction valve Immediately begins
operation and continues to exhaust the
oxygen from the lungs until a vacuum
Of four inches of water gauge is reached.
The oxygen used for creating this partia
| vacuum elongates the second accordion
bellows and changes the position of the
valves. allowing the oxygen again to be
forced into the lungs, ETC.. A lever en-
ables the inflow and outflow of oxygen
to be regulated by hand, independent of
| the automatic device.
The application Of this device necessi-
tates placing the subject on his back, in
which position the tongue may fall to
the back part Of the throat. allowing the
soft palate to close the larynx To over
come this condition a flexible rubber tube
Is attached to the upper part of the face
mask, which will admit Of grasping the
tongue with a pair Of forceps and with
drawing it sufficiently to raise the soft
palate.
Another type of mask is one which fits
over the nose and nostrils only, allowing
the mouth to be free. With the use OF
this nose mask the tongue may be with
drawn and held between the teeth and
lips with sufficient pressure to hold 1t In
place and make the mouth alright. Fol
the successful use Of the apparatus 1t is
necessary that an alright fit be made
| with the type Of mask used.
Inhalation Device.
Attached to the lid of the pulmotor box
is an inhalation device which may be
substituted for the pulmotor as soon as
the subject under treatment RECEIVERS the
involuntary action of the lungs. This
Inhalation device is fitted with rubber
bag. which holds two liters OF oxygen
when inflated and a metallic mask which
fits over the mouth and nose and which
may be held In place with a rubber band
| passing around the head.
| lever at the hinged end OF the box
has enameled inscriptions "pulmotor'' and
Inhalation" The name exposed indi-
| Gates the manner In which the apparatus
| will operate inhalation or pulmotor
To demonstrate the pulmotor action OF
the device there Is provided a rubber
bag and q disc which may be attached
TO the face mask. The rubber bag. when
SO fitted, represents the lungs OF a sub
/ ject being treated.
| The whole device when packed in IT'D
box IL about the size Of q small suit case.