1890 first continuous oxygen therapy
Continuous inhalation of oxygen in cases of pneumonia otherwise fatal and in other diseases.
By Albert N. Blodgett, M.D..
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
(Forerunner The New England Journal of Medicine).
Vol. CXXIII, No. 21.
Pages 481-484:
For a time no appreciable benefit from oxygen gas.
Gradually color of surface improved.
Respiration less embarrassed.
Patient could swallow.
Immediate symptoms relieved.
Directed continuous administration of oxygen.
Conviction patient was irrevocably doomed.
200 hundred gallons in 24 four hours.
Dealer astonished at amount required.
Sent me a cautionary message.
No human being could possibly stand this.
Dangerous degree of system stimulation.
Increased combustion of tissue.
Recovery unquestionably due to oxygen administration.