1910 first use oxygen & alcohol vapour
The therapeutic use of alcohol vapour mixed with oxygen.
By W.H. Willcox, M.D..
F.R.C.P..
St. Marys Hospital London.
Professor B.J. Collingwood, M.D..
Professor of Physiology.
The Catholoic University School of Medicine.
Dublin.
1907: first use combination of oxygen & alcohol vapour in some experiments on animals.
Overdose chloroform anaesthesia.
Mixture of oxygen & alcohol vapour.
Valuable remedy for cardiac failure.
Oxygen bubbled through absolute alcohol contained in an ordinary wash-bottle.
Stimulant effect on heart & circulation.
Administration pleasant & non-irritating.
Rapid feeble pulse slowed by some 10 or 20 beats per minute.
Marked improvement in force & volume.
Blood pressure raised from 10 to 30 mm mercury.
Oxygen should be bubbled through alcohol in a rapid stream.
Full effect obtained after five minutes.
Lasts for several minutes afterwards.