OZONE - for Treatment of Consumption
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Authority: George Stocker. M.D., C.M.G., M.R.C.P.
Major R.A.M.C.
Subject: OZONE - for treatment of Consumption
OZONE INHALATION TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION AND CATARRH
The difficulty and trouble required to obtain a good result has
hitherto led to the unpopularity of this method in the medical
profession, and want of a proper understanding of the right way in
which to carry out the inhalation treatment has sometimes led to
bad results when it has been tried.
Some years ago, Hass showed that it was possible to thoroughly
impregnate the air of a closed room with volatile antiseptics so
that a patient using the room could not avoid drawing the
substances right down into the lung during the ordinary process of
breathing. His experiment made it apparent that this principle
was one of great importance AND ONLY WANTED A SUITABLE INVENTION
OF AN APPARATUS TO BE OF VERY GREAT USE IN THE TREATMENT OF
DISEASES OF THE LUNGS AND AIR PASSAGES.
IT IS UNQUESTIONABLE THAT EVERY METHOD OF INHALATION TREATMENT
MUST BE CONTINUOUS IF IT IS TO BE EFFECTIVE.
Some of many case histories listed:
Female, age 23. Two brothers and one sister had died of
consumption. The patient suffered with cough, muco-purulent
expectoration and had haemoptysis. Tubercle bacilli were present
in small quantities. She was under treatment for one month. The
purulent character of her sputum and the tubercle bacilli quite
disappeared. The haemoptysis ceased and the patient gained 4
pounds in weight.
Male, age 22. Several near relations died of consumption. Patient
had large cavities in the apices of both lungs, repeated
haemoptysis, profuse muco-purulent expectoration, night sweats,
and severe cough. His average evening temperature was 102 and
tubercle bacilli were present in large quantities. He was six
months under treatment; at the end of this time his evening
temperature was normal; the haemoptysis had ceased, the
expectoration was healthy and the tubercle bacilli had disappeared
and he gained 10.5 pounds in weight. The cavities had cicatried
and contracted so much that the top of the left chest was fixed.
The most remarkable results of this system of treatment are to be
seen in 1. the reduction of the temperature, and 2. diminution and
disappearance of the tubercle bacilli. It may be stated that the
patients had the usual meals, breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner or
supper; in fact, had ordinary diets and the so-called "stuffing"
system was not practiced.
In "Case Records'' and "British Lancet"