1859 oxygen as a therapeutic agent
Dr. Birch attributes cures to brief uses of oxygen inhalations.
Reports did not go uncriticized.
Oxygen could not cure all conditions claimed by Birch.
Obvious to most physicians.
On oxygen as a therapeutic agent.
By S.B. Birch.
M.D. British Medical Journal.
December 24.
Vol. CLVL.
Pages 1033-1035:
Oxygen as a therapeutic agent.
Discouraged by much opposition, passive & active.
Permitted myself to remain comparatively isolated.
Beddoes, Hill & Thornton successful in their own practice.
Left no permanent impression.
Hospital experimenters reported to have always failed.
Authorities in general are decidedly adverse.
Case:
Lady in London.
Fatty degeneration.
Attenuation of muscular walls.
Enlargement of cavity of the heart.
Kept alive for the last 3 years.
Daily dose of oxygen.
Heart's action restored by oxygen in large doses.
She lives by exercising great care.
Avoiding physical exertion.
Enjoys life to a certain extent.
Cannot do for more than a few days without extra oxygen.