New Britain herald., 1928-09-14
IMPRESSED AIR
FOR DIABETES
"linkn Tux" fratmsnt Will
Be Given Test

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the stransest experiments In the
hiStory Of medical sciences long
tight against disease-an expert
nint to which H. H. Thinker.
wealthy manufacturer OF Canton. O..
has given $1,000. oo0-is soon to be
undertaken here.
1t IL the Thinker tank" a huge
air tight steel ball fitted out like
hospital, in which patients suffering
from diabetes and other maladies
will live under 10 pounds OF air
pressure, forced into the tank by
powerful air compressors. Sealed
therein. but continuously supplied
with fresh air pumped to them,
they will live ~ in any other hos
pital. 1t IL claimed the compress
ID air aids In restoring health.
Amid the noisy clatter Of riveting
machines. steel workers have been
building the big hollow ball for
months. 1t is now practically COM
plete and will be ready for occu-
pancy about Oct. l. Designed to
hold 80 pounds air pressure. it has
been tested to 50 pounds and found
leakproof.
II you can imagine what life
would be like inside balloon tire.
properly inflated. you can under
stand what living in this tank will
be like. Double doors, like the
watertisht doors on battleship or
submarine; Z broken window glass
would mean = blowout. much like
that Of an auto tire.
It was az testimonial to his fats
in the compressed air treatment of
diabetes that Thinker gave $1,000
coo for the erection OF the tank
and . three-story brick hospital
building that adjoins 1t. Thinker
seeks no profit thereon. but hopes
that the enterprise will be self
sustaining.
The millionaire was inspired to
make the gift by the claims Of DR..
o. J. Cunningham that he has been
successful In treating such cases
with smaller compressed air equip
ment in Kansas City. DR.. Cunning
ham will be in charge OF the tank
hospital here. Some medical au-
thorities frankly are skeptical
about the queer looking hospital
and are anxious for Cunningham to
present proof and data concerning
patients he has treated to recog-
nized medical agencies.
The compressed air. or oxygen,
treatment Of diabetes. arthritis and
kindred diseases caused by what is
known u the anarobic germ, is not
new, but has never before been at
tempted on such proportions.
In the three-story brick hospital
building which adjoins the steel
tank, patients will receive prelim-
mary treatment From there tley
will pass through steel tubes about
the siss Of Pullman cars, where the
normal air pressure will be increas-
ed gradually to 30 pounds. Then
they will pass through the tight
doors into the big hollow ball.
Inside the big steel ball are five
floors, with an elevator in the cen
ter. On the first floor IL the dining
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can accommodate more dining
tables. Above the dining room and
tho balcony are three flors. each
having IL private rooms with circu-
lating ice water and individual bath.
Light y supplied through portfolios.
each room having six.
The top floor has two rooms and
Z large. high ceilinged recreation
room to provide entertainment for
the patients.
Tentatively, It II planned for pa
TENTS to live one week in the brick
hospital and then q week in the
tank. Doctors will be in constant
attendance and prescribe for them
regularly.
The compressed air forced into
the tank will be filtered. cooled and
properly humidified b expensive
machinery.