[9]. The gas used in the following instances was supplied to me by Barth, of London, and administered in his apparatus. I would wish, in this place, to thank Dr. Birch, of Kensington, for introducing it to my notice, and for his kind communications on the subject of this paper.
[10]. In estimating the value of oxygen in these cases of phthisis we must bear in mind the mechanical effect of deep and steady inspiration through a long tube; this, per se, has a tendency to expand the lung vesicles and to hasten the healing of cavities, as has been fairly shown by Ramadge, in spite of his absurdities.
[11]. Cf. Birch on “Action, &c. of Oxygen,” 2d edit. p. 33.
[12]. Our own experience is very favourable to petroleum.—Eds. Pract.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
- Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.