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August 10, 1929, Vol 93, No. 6 >
ARTICLE | August 10, 1929

A CASE OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED IN THE DRINKER RESPIRATOR

Henry B. Wightman, M.D.; Thomas J. Shaughnessy
JAMA. 1929;93(6):456-457. doi:10.1001/jama.1929.27110060001010a.
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In a recent article, Drinker and McKhann1 described an apparatus for the prolonged administration of artificial respiration. They reported the case of an 8 year old girl suffering from acute anterior poliomyelitis with respiratory paralysis, who was kept alive for 122 hours. Death occurred as a result of cardiac failure. We submit a case treated successfully with the Drinker respirator.

REPORT OF CASE  A woman, aged 24, admitted to Bellevue Hospital at 3:30 p. m., May 19, 1929, had been in good health until three hours before admission, except for mild asthmatic attacks over a period of two years. The frequency of the attacks had been diminished after drainage of the left maxillary antrum. By taking three-fourths grain (50 mg.) of ephedrine twice a day she had been able to remain free from symptoms. On the morning of the day of admission she went to a closet containing many

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