On the use of medicated inhalations in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory organs / by John M. Scudder ; with an appendix on diseases of the nose and throat by Wm. Byrd Scudder.

  • John Milton Scudder
Date:
1895
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    remained subject for too long a period to the effects of compressed air. Those who are desirous of complete information concerning this plan of treatment will tind a long paper upon it, by Dr. Sandahl, in Schmidt's ^' Jahrbuch for ] 863. The iuhaling-tube, after having crossed the Atlantic, has been re-introduced into this country, and made widely known through the medium of monster an- nouncements in the daily journals, by an individual whose sole and very slender claim to any knowledge of the treatment of pulmonary affections is based on the mere circumstance of his having brought out an English re-brint of a book written by an American author. TJ is tube is constructed in such a manner that air can be easily drawn through it into the lungs, but is not so quickly expired. The normal balance between inspi- ration and expiration is thus re-established, and in suitable cases for this kind of inhalation, the chest becomes gradually expanded, so as to resume more natural dimensions. Dr. Ramadge says that is a valu- able adjunct to other treatment in consumption and asthma.