Oxygen gas as a remedy in disease.

  • Smith, Andrew H. (Andrew Heermance), 1837-1910.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Oxygen gas as a remedy in disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    NEW YORK OXYGEN GAS CO., (PROCESS OF TESSIE DU MOT AY AND MAREGHAL,) Works, 547 West 41st Street, NJEW YOUK. Althougli tbe value of oxygen gas as a remedial agent has long been known to the medical profession, tbe diflBculty and expense attending its production in quantities sufficient to be of real service bave heretofore prevented its general use. These objections have been entirely removed through tbe instnimentality of tbe New Yobk Oxygen Gas Company, and physicians in tbe vicinity of New York may now prescribe oxygen for their patients without feeling that they are subjecting them to an expensive and vexatious treatment, but to one which may be carried out with much less cost, trouble,and discomfoj't than any of the usual forms of medication heretofore employed. By the process adopted by the Company, the oxygen is supplied by the atmosphere, from which it is separated by the inteivention of the manganate of soda. It is therefore free from tbe iiTitating impurities attendant upon other methods of manufacture, and is especially adapted for inhalation. Arrangements bave been made with Mr. W. H. Wells, 948 Broadway, for supplying the gas for medical purposes. This depot was established at the re- quest of a number of the most eminent practitioners of New York, and is de- signed to meet fully the demands of the profession. May 1st, 1870.