On the successful treatment of flatulence by a novel use of charcoal / by Arthur Leared.
- Arthur Leared
- Date:
- 1865
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the successful treatment of flatulence by a novel use of charcoal / by Arthur Leared. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Table shoioi7ig the Absorption of Carbonic Acid Gas by Twenty Grains of Different Kinds oj^ Vegetable Charcoal. Vegetable ivory nut in small fragments, freshly ignited Vegetable ivory, finely powdered and freshly ignited Vegetable ivory, freshly ignited and animoniatcd ... Vegetable ivory, platinized (2 per cent.) .. Vegetable ivory, freshly ignited, soaked in water ... Vegetable ivory, freshly ignited, covered with a layer of Coquilla nut, freshly ignited Cocoa-nut shell, freshly ignited ... Acacia, freshly ignited ... Peat, freshly ignited Belloc's, freshly ignited Belloc's as sold, without ignition From tliis table the following deductions may be made :— Charcoal made from the most solid vegetable substances is greatly superior as a gas absorbent to that made from the lighter kinds, like Belloc's preparation; and that made from vegetable ivory is the best. The absorbent power of charcoal is slightly weakened by pulverization, is much impaired by exposiire to the atmosphere and damp, or by soaking in water, and is altogether impeded by being covered with water. Charcoal, to be effective against gastric flatulence, must be introduced amongst the gases of the stomach in the same state as when fresh from the crucible. The means for effecting this, enclosing it in gelatine capsules, so that it may be set free in the s^tomach by solution of the gelatine, ha.s been already described. Expeii- nient Mean. ( 2-26 ■ ) \ 2-26 \ 2-24 ( 2-20 ' ( ( 2-20 ' \ 2-20 \ 217 / 2-12 ' \ > ( ( 2- • ) { 1-92 ' \ 1-95 / 1-94 ' \ 4 1 1.74 1-74 (1-36; 1 I 1-32 \ 1-30 ( 1-24 ] f 0-0 0-0 (2-0 ] ) \ 1-94 \ 1-99 (2-4 \ f I 20 ; ) I 1-98 \ 1-97 (1-92; f ( 1-80 ' I \ 1-87 ( 1-94 \ \ \ 1-76 (r82) ,1-82 J \ 1-77 ( 68) \ '66 . -67 ( '66](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22282245_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
