Two memoirs read before l'Academie Royale des Sciences, at Paris, on the successful inhalation of diluted chlorine, in the early stages of pulmonary consumption, as a remedy capable of prolonging life : and of alleviating the distressing symptoms in the more advanced stages of that complaint : with cases illustrating the method of administering the gas, and shewing its beneficial effects / Translated from the French of M. Gannal by William Horatio Potter.

  • Jean Nicolas Gannal
Date:
1830
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Credit: Two memoirs read before l'Academie Royale des Sciences, at Paris, on the successful inhalation of diluted chlorine, in the early stages of pulmonary consumption, as a remedy capable of prolonging life : and of alleviating the distressing symptoms in the more advanced stages of that complaint : with cases illustrating the method of administering the gas, and shewing its beneficial effects / Translated from the French of M. Gannal by William Horatio Potter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that their appetite returned, and often so as to render it necessary to increase the quan- tity of food allowed them. All these facts indicate a diminution of pulmonary irrita- tion, and an increase of energy communi- cated to all the vital powers. It follows, therefore, from what has been premised,— 1st. That in no case has the inspiration of Chlorine proved hurtful or trouble- some. 2nd. That in cases where the disease had made considerable way towards its consummation, and was therefore incurable, it afforded relief and prolonged life. 3d]y. That in cases where other medicinal aids were of no avail, it succeeded