IMPROVED PORTABLE APPARATUS 
FOR THE GENERATION OF NAS- 
CENT OZONE BY ELECTRICITY, 
FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF 
TUBERCULAR CATARRH, PER- 
TUSSIS, CHLOROSIS, ANEMIA, 
ETC. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
J. C. DITTRICH, 
122 East 23d St., New York. Small Portable Apparatus, Generating Ozone by Electricity, 
for use in the treatment of Tuberculosis, Pertussis, 
Chlorosis, Anaemia, Etc. 
Dr, H. S. Norris, in the concluding paragraph of 
his treatise, The Internal Administration of Ozone 
in the treatment of Phthisis, [New York Medical 
Journal, Nov. 5, 1892,] says; "The benefits of an 
atmosphere highly charged with ozone in the early 
stages of phthisis have been noticed by observers for 
the past thirty years. Can the same benefits be se- 
cured by its internal administration, or by inhalation 
of the artificial product properly diluted, or by both 
together? The subject is one worthy of considera- 
tion, and seems to offer great possibilities." 
Prompted by a suggestion made by this physician 
in his report of cases treated by ozone, a small 
portable apparatus has been constructed, inexpen- 
sive, but capable of generating ozone in therapeutic 
quantity by means of which patients may be treated 
by physicians at their office, or patients may use the 
apparatus at their homes. 
Professor Augustus Caille, M.D., [Post-Graduate 
Medical School] of New York, has used such an ap- 
paratus in the treatment of tubercular catarrh, per- 
tussis, anaemia and chlorosis. The results of his ex- 
perience were published in the New-Yorker Med. 
Monatsschrift, March 15, 1893. 
Prof. Caille reports his observations on the action 
of ozone on patients under his direct treatment, in 
four cases of tuberculosis of the apex, three of severe 
anaemia and five of pertussis. Two other physicians 
treated, at his suggestion, two additional cases of 
pertussis and eight cases of anaemia and chlorosis. 
His report, therefore, comprises twenty-two selected 
cases which were subjected to a protracted and systematic ozone treatment, during the course of 
which the following points were considered: 
i. Appetite. 
2. Bodily weight. 
3- Muscular power. 
4- Vital capacity of the lung (noted in cubic 
inches.) 
5- Proportion of oxyhaemoglobin in the blood. 
Determination of the latter was made with the aid 
of the haematospectroscope of Henoque. In most of 
the cases the ozone apparatus was placed and em- 
ployed in the homes of the patients, under the as- 
sumption that ambulatory treatment would prove 
more or less worthless and devoid of results. Dur- 
ing the period of trial no medicines of any kind were 
given. 
Prof. Caille concludes his observations with a re- 
capitulation of the general results obtained; 
i. Ozone inhalations by means of the ozone appa- 
ratus are harmless to children and adults. 
2. Daily inhalations augment the proportion of 
oxyhsemoglobin i to 4 per cent, in a short time, and 
this proportion long remains stationary. 
3. Of four typical cases of tubercular catarrh of 
the apex, no one was absolutely cured; in all cases, 
however, nutrition was improved. 
{Since Prof. Caille's report he has stated at the 
Academy of Medicine, meeting of fune /st, 18^3, 
thed in one case, the patient having continued the 
treatment for about twelve months at her own 
house, he could now say that there had also been an 
improvement in the physical signs at the apex.') 
4. In pertussis the ozone-inhalations have reduced the duration of the disease and have appreciably 
mitigated the severity of the paroxysms. 
5. In severe cases of ansemia and chlorosis, ozone 
inhalations have had a salutary effect by stimulating 
metamorphosis, and have produced a cure, especially 
in cases in which the customary therapy remained 
without effect. 
6. The apparatus may be used with advantage 
for the atmospheric disinfection of small rooms. 
The apparatus consists of batteries, transformer, 
condenser and ozone generator of special form and 
construction. 
The whole is placed in a polished oak case, the 
batteries occupying the lower space. Immediately 
above the batteries, but separated from them by a 
wooden partition, is placed the induction coil or 
transformer, the primary coil being in connection 
with batteries. The turning on and off of the cur- 
rent is controlled by an improved switch. The sec- 
ondary coil, giving the high tension necessary for 
the production of the electric effluvium required for 
the generation of ozone, is connected with the ozone 
tube, the conducting cords being of length sufficient 
to allow the tube to be held in the hand whilst the 
ozone is being inhaled by the patient. 
This apparatus has the advantage that it places 
within the reach of the physician the means of pro- 
ducing ozone in therapeutic quantity at a low cost, 
the cost of operating also being but trifling. 
For further particulars and price, apply to 
J. C. DITTRICH, 
122 East 23rd St., 
New York.