New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1923, Page 19

: 3 i ELECTRICITY USED TOCURE PNELNONIA May Mark New Era io Tratment ol This Fatal Minent - — New, York, March 23—Remdrkable success in treating pneumonia by a new proces swas reported yesterday by physiclans connected with the staff of St. Mary's hospital in Ho- boken. It was asserted that several pa- tients who seemed to have little chance, to recover had improved greatly under this treatment, swhich is called the diathermic treatment. It waé Introduced in Hoboken, it was sdid, by Dr. H, V. Brosser, an X-ray. specialist of St.” Mary’s hos- pital, -after it had been tried in 20 cases in the United States Marine hospital on Staten Island. Dr. Harry E. Btewart of Yale, well known as a coach and dthletic leader and an in- | structor in the department of physio- therapy at Yale, developed the treat- ment and used it on Staten Island. The method consists of the appli- cation of plates to the chest and the back .and the passing of an electric current through the lungs. This in- creagses the temperatures within the lungs and its beneficial effect in pneu- monfa is said to 'be in breaking up congestion. Others who have used the‘treatment in Hoboken besides Dr. Brosser are Drs, Joseph Londrigan, R. B. Nattras, H. C. Spauling of Jer- sey City and E. P. Opdycke of Wee- What's New for Easter? Look in our wip- dows and you will find the answer. SUITS SPRING TOPCOATS SPRING HATS R " -SPRING i SHIRTS [T SPRING NECKWEAR -~ The Ashley ‘Babcock Co. 139 Main St. Hats of Enchancing Beauty Come in and see our new line of individual Hats—each - one striking and original ¥ A Marion Hat . Should be one of the most important features of your Easter attire. Make your selection early. MARION HAT SHOP 149 MAIN STREET Upstairs FOX AND WOLF CHOKERS In All the Leading"Shades at hawken, . ' Heat the Therapeutic Agent. “The use of heat in thh treatment of pneumon! sald Dr. Nattr very old, Mustard plasters and simi- lar means of producing heat have saved the Il of many pneumonia patients, but that kind of thing is in- efMclerit in getting heat ihside the lungs, “The diathermic treatment used by Dr, Stewart Introduces heat deep into| the lungs without burning the sur- face, The current which flows through the entire body applies the heat where it 18 needed, but does not burn | the skin or cause any intense fever throughout the body. It s not known just how high the temperature | is ralsed inside the lungs, but ®*Dr, Stewart told me that, in experiments on dogs, the temperature of the lungs was found to be increased to 115 de- | grees, | "“The effect on the congestion seems to be similar to that of melting down gelatin, At any rate, a few treat- ments seem: to cause a rapld clearing up of the trouble. The heavy breath- ing subsides. The blueness of the pa- tient .disappears, indicating that his lungs are able to absorb greater quan- tities of oxygen. “The treatments last twenty min- utes and are given twice a day. An improved technique has been devel- oped, since Dr. Stewart treated. the first series of ®ases at the Marine hos- pital. The current is increased slow- ly for the first five minutes to, the maximum, then it is allowed to re- main at the level for ten minutes and | then it is gradually decreased. A careful technique is required for its use. In patients treated this way the fewer gradually disappears. There is 'no sudden drop in temperature such as comes with the crisis in pneu- monia treated in the regular fashion. For Extreme Cases. “This treatment, which was intro- duced here by Dr. Broeser, is only used in extreme cases. The light at- tack of ‘pneumonia can take care of itself fairly well. In some cases treat- ed over here the patient was appar- ently in a very bad way before he received the treatment. “The first two treatments usually have no marked effect on the course of the disease. The next two, how- ever, seem to have an extremely bene- ficlal effect, and further treatments may be unnecessary. One patient re- Quired eight treatments. “There is no electrical shock. The patient: sometimes complains of the sensation of heat, and it is necessary to regulate the amount of current ac- cording to the different types of pa- tients. The effect is apparently a dilation of the blood vessels'of the lungs, with a melting or, relief of the congestion. So far no patient treated by this process over here has ‘been lost.” Further information about the dia- thermic treatment was furnished by Dr, Joseph Londrigan of Hoboken, who said: “The eleefric’ plates are about 2% by 5 inches in area, and are built to be pla the back and one on the ch ey fcan be attached to the ordinary electric light socket. ““The patient is first prepared by lathering thé chigst with ordinary shaving soap, so'that the skin is not in direct contact with the’metal ot the “platenn!Phis prevents any blister- ing of the skin, though now and then an air bubble in the lather depgives a tiny patch of the skin of this pro- tection. When the plate comes with- in a certain fraction of an inch of the skin an electric spark may resuit. This occurs now and then, but has no ill-effect beyond raising a slight blis- ter. The patient lies on his side, and the applicators are usually. held = in place by Turkish towels. I have seen enough of this treatment'to recom- mend it very highly.” 4@ r. C. H. Lavinder of the public health service, who is in charge of the Marine hospital on Staten Island, said: “Dr. Stewart of Yale sought per- HAVE YOUR EYES ' EXAMINED Frank E. Goodwin Eyesight Specialist 327 MAIN ST. TEL. 190 cleansing you ever taking one or two candy-lfke Cascar- ets tonight. fully, sour bile will move out of the bowels without griping or - stirring you up, e mission some time ago to use this treatment on patients here and per- mission was given on proof that it could not injure the patlents. treated a series of ten cases, thought they were relleved and their recovery assisted by this treatment and he has given an account of those cases, made on his own responsibility, public health service has nothing to do with the matter beyond permitting the introduction here. cases 8o treafed was lost, but the pub- lic health service is not in the po- sition of recommending or opposing the treatment. 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