Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-17
New Life GiOin9 Mask
Supplements Gas Muzzle
Promises Big Drop in the Death
Rate and May RevoIutionize
Hospital Methods

san Francisco, caI.--Gas warfare has
produced the mask to keep out death.
| Nov comes a mask to pun in NE.
II liz the product Of u y. Army OF
GERS 100 per cent patriotism, and sol
| der copvalegcents, as well as ciyians.
may coon be using this haif.brother q
the trench muzzie to hasten theT fecoV-
cry and increase their SAFETY.
Major George g. barrow gaYe up r
successful practice at the outbreak OF the
war, Joined tn eArny Medical Corps and
in addition donated TO me service OF ms
country the rights to the invention. on
! which he had been working for the last
| eight years. Besides abandoning his own
| private professional career, he gave to
| the cause discovery which, In times
| Of peace, would have netted him an in
dependent fortune.
| has devised will IN the opinion Of scores
| OF army officials, including Surgeon Cen
cral Gorgas' stan, be the means Of saving
| thousands OF lives OF our soldiers.
Statistics show that the introduction
| Of efficient ventilating systems has re-
| duced the death rate in chiidren's hos
pltals from 50 TO s per cent; in the sur
| gicaI wards Of general hospitals, from
! "a to 10 per cent, and, In army hospi-
tails. from % TO per cent
And these figures are based on the old
systems, where carefully protected air
currents are introduced intowhole wards
at time. No device heretofore has
taken into consideration the needs Of the
Major Darrows device makes it pos
sible to bring directly TO each GONZALES
| cent pure air stream which he breathes
without any contamination either from
the outside or from adjacent patients.
II H. 50 simple that, while he Is en-
joying this bountiful supply Of fe-givng
ozone, he can be treated in any way his
case requires. He can receive medicine
undergo an operation take a sweat bath
or anything that H. necessary without
once missing the iuyigorating oxygen
piped to him alone
Major Darrow's mask resembling in
some ways the gas mask. Is over the
nose and mouth so snugly that II does
not interfere with ordinary activities
such as reading. writing, talking
Connected at the base Of the mask is
flexible tube-the conductor Of the fresh
air. which Is pumped steadily through IL
from an uncontaminated source on the
top o fthe hospital. The front end Of
the mask Is open. anantiseptic gauze
PROTECTING the outlet. The patient lies
IN bed, breathing from an uninterrupted
stream OF ozone passing brlskly in front
Of his nostrils.
Up on the roof, perhaps hundred
feet high, Is the intake, facing the breeze
through the medium Of yane. The
air drawn by fan, is sucked into
huge shaft, where plates are placed to
catch dust and other foreign substances.
In--thls shaft, also, are thermal coils.
heated or cooled TO provide the correct
temperature.
Adjoining the patients bed are joints
IN the individual pipe in which volatile
ellis, healing in their properties, may be
introduced so that special treatment can
be furnished with the air current
Any modification of mir or combination
OF II with any or all Of the well known
drugs and curative gases may be instl-
tuted.
Steam or yapor may be added and all
respiratory irritants, such MS pollen, dust
aud eoot are removed
The result is the assembly OF all the
advantages Of 100 per cent fresh air.
modified to meet the requirements OF
the individual regardless OF the patients
fortitude to Withstand the so-called
fresh air treatment.
That's the idea, simple practical and
inexpensive.
final demonstration and installation Of
this admittedly revolutionary appliance In
hospital practice.