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The Continuous Inhalation of Oxygen in Cases of Pneumonia Otherwise Fatal, and in Other Diseases
1890
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
It is a recognized fact that several of the most common and most fatal maladies to which the practitioner of medicine is called, are fatal on account of interference with the function of respiration. These diseases kill, by either preventing the access of a sufficient amount of respirablc air to the lungs, or by diminishing the respiratory area within the lungs. This may be caused by exudation of foreign material, or from closure of the lumen of the respiratory passages through inflammation, or
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