The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28
MACHINE PROVIDE
ARTIFICIAL LUNGS
Lungmotor and Pulmotor
Breathe for Victims
of Gas and Water.
LUNG.MOTOR POPULAR
Some Say It Does Most Ef-
ficient Work in Saving Of
Lives Kept Here.
by KIRK LATTA.

by KIRK LATTA.
War, with all It's passions for |
greed. murder and destruction, turns |
the minds OF scientists to thinking
along lines that agree with the ideas
OF Mars. And it was In answer to
wars never ceasing demand for en-
gines of destruction that poison gas
was devolvcd BY the worlds scien-
tific 4ncn, The appearance OF subma-
rincs, r. n. T.. big guns, liquid fire
and other man Killers may bo
traced to the same source.
But with the coming OF peace, the
scientists mind reverts back to nor
NAL and thinks along lines that are
beneficial to man rather than det-
rimental. 1t was while In this
train OF thought that the lungmotor
and the pulmotor we're given to the
world about ten years ago. These
two instruments. both for the same
purpose--that OF saving and pro-
longing human life-wOrk similarly.
Both. are artificial lungs to be
used In case OF asphyxiation.
! drownding, poisoning Of some form.
and in cases where n person fails to
! come out from under the influence
! of ether or chioroform.
! Although similar in their purpose
and results the two machines arc
! radically different in the means OF
! accomplishing the same end. The
pulmotor, the older OF the two. is
automatic. The older style type OF
this machine was able only to give
pure oxygen or oxygen and air in
different ratios. In construction II
consisted OF a mixer" with several
ad Just ments for regulating the
amount Of oxygen to be given a pa
tient and the size Of the stroke. A
large oxygen tank. connected with
this and the pressure In the tank op-
| Grated the mixer" The greatest
objection to this type OF machine
was that being automatic in action
It frequently failed to work properly
and also that pure air could not be
1 given and In a great many cases
where the machine was used and
where pure air was all that was
needed to revive the patient. Tho
cumbersomeness of the mac hine was
also an Questionable feature.
But advancing aiong the new
ideas OF efficiency and with the re-
turn OF peace time occupations the
scientist has worked again on the
pul-motor and perfected new type
OF machine. II Is still automatic. but
Is much smaller. machine proper
only weighing about 12 pounds. ana
the attachment for giving pure air
has been added. This new machine,
operators declare. will entirely dis
place the old type because II is
much more efficient. easier operated
and more transportabie.
Like all appliances the lung
motor has its advocates and its OPP
ponents. But most operators OF the
. two machines agree that for most
uses the lungmotor Ia the best ma
chine. Unlike the pulmotor. the
lungmotor does not have to have n
large supply tank OF high pressur.
oxygen The complete machine. in
!, cluding an oxygen supply sufficient
to last for about ~ hours. Is car
! ried In a small grip, hardly as large
!, las the ordinary sized suitcase. The
,. apparatus consists OF double ac'
! tiop pump. a small tank for gen
!. Grating oxygen. several different
y sizes OF face masks and two tubes ol
soldified oxygen. which when mixed
with water In the generating tant
Irapidly dissolves and forms thu
/. purest Of oxygen gas. Another DIFF
o ference, the lungmotor Is hand op
y Grated, from start to finish and y
3 severe cases take0 two men to ef
ficiently operate, while with the pul
J. motor aside from hauling and carry
y ing around the apparatus, one maj
= can very easily operate all tn
j. mechanism
: The double action pump, takes tn
t place OF pair OF lungs, II Ia adjust
g able for all ages Of people and nj
n sizes OF lungs and can be arrange
o to give pure oxygen, part oxysen o
l. pure Oklahoma ozone. which u
q many cases Is sufficient to reviv
= the patient.
In its action the lungmotor is a
II artificial respirator. The downwar
3 action of the pump placing air, pur
le oxygen or part oxygen ana part al
D In the lungs and the upward strok
10 sucking out air, smoke. gas. waite
y, or any other substance In the lung
n At the sinking OF the sightseein
y craft Empress in Chicago river q
10 Chicago several years ago. the lune
IL motor much more efficient than IN
10 puImotor, local operators say. tn
ln lungmotor saved more lives tha
did its sister machine.
"a Tulsa has three lungmotors. !.
" Gated at each ot the local Wndertal
@ ing parlcrs and one pulniotor Z
se the Central fire station. One OF III
I, lungmotors has been In use II
"a about five years and Its owners va
y that they have made about 80 cal
W In that length OF time. or the
notients. only three failed to su
vive and the members Of the fir
as declare that In four cases they q
~ positive that life was saved,
a. most OF the others the use OF II
een lungmotor merely Mastered the r
M vival.
~ Lungmotor use Is free and
~ Tulsa the machines are carried
an ambulances but in the east whe
n. they were first used, we savii
NC hriga des'' have been organized
av cities and ' motorcycles with a
" tached side cars and complete lul
nh motor equipment IL always ready Z
'' call. When one OF the machin
goes on "A case the lungmotor
used TO revive the patient and tn
we he, the equipment and all Is plac
,or ,r IN. side car and taken to "A nc