Carbonic acid in medicine / by Achilles Rose, M.D. ; with the portraits of van Helmont, Priestley and Lavoisier.

  • Achilles Rose
Date:
1905
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Credit: Carbonic acid in medicine / by Achilles Rose, M.D. ; with the portraits of van Helmont, Priestley and Lavoisier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    turn confirms fully all that Ephraim has ob- served. My patients—outdoor patients of the dispensary—made the inflations themselves by means of my simple gas generator (see Fig. 2). Being enabled to apply the gas at any Fig. 2.—Rose's Carbonic-Acid-Gas Generator. time, they secured, without exception, as far as I know from reports they gave, freedom from attacks during the night; they enjoyed, sooner or later, complete rest at night, and all were relieved from bronchitis. Two cases I had under observation for about two years, and saw lasting benefit in regard to bronchitis and asthma. Both patients made use of the gas with more or less interruptions—according to their statement—for many months. [no]