On the therapeutic action of oxygen : with cases proving its singular efficacy in various intractable diseases / by S.B. Birch.

  • Birch, S. B. (Scholes Butler)
Date:
1857
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Credit: On the therapeutic action of oxygen : with cases proving its singular efficacy in various intractable diseases / by S.B. Birch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be rendered successful in chronic cases,—the impurities in the circulation are thus fully oxygenated,—the whole organism receives simul- taneously renewed vigour,—the healthy action of the cutaneous capillaries and glands becomes re-established,—and the entire nervous system re- sumes its controlling influence over the secretory and excretory functions by being again supplied with pure aud healthy blood. In determining impurities to the skin Nature is engaged in a con- servative operation, in which her powers should rather be supported than depressed; and here oxygen proves its value, as it hastens transforma- tion and excretion, and gives tone instead of causing depression. CANCER Is a malady so fearful and hitherto so incurable, that I must not omit naming it as an affection in which I anticipate great results from oxygen. I am not yet in a position to say positively that cancer has been cured by this agent, because no man can in such a disease assert that he has cured^ unless he possesses facts to show that he has by purely constitutional means caused such an entire alteration in the system as to bring about the closure and healing of well-marked deep ulcerations with extensive surrounding indurations, ^ 1 .( . 1 i I I 1] 0 a II a' .c , ta Itl I fc CO I rei : res icas I me: me;