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Historical 



Fig. 



9— The aerotherapeutic establishment of Dr. Carlo Fornanini, at 

 Milan. Horizontal cylinder containing two chambers; the front 

 wall of the chamber at the right has been removed. 



land, at Ben Rhydding; in England, at London; in Italy, at Milan. 

 Figure 9 represents the apparatus which Dr. Fornanini has in- 

 stalled in the last-mentioned city. 



The various directors of these establishments have different 

 opinions as to the pressure which should be used or rather as to 

 the degree at which they should begin. There are some who ap- 

 prove of high pressures, 30 centimeters at least; in Paris, M. Leval- 

 Piquechef prefers to begin very moderately, 10 centimeters at the 

 most. It is not for me to discuss these different points in practice; 

 nor shall I give any time to the therapeutic applications of the 

 method, limiting myself to saying once for all that its efficacy has 

 been considered very great in emphysematous asthma, chronic 

 bronchitis, chloro-anemia, and passive hemorrhage; it seems to be 

 both tonic and sedative, to use the language of the School. 1 (of 

 Medicine) 



Before listing the evidence collected by physiologists and phy- 

 sicians, I think I should report, acccording to Jaeger, 2 the account 

 of a catastrophe which made a great stir at the time, and in which 

 workmen and physicians maintained that compressed air increased 



