SOBERING UP
NEW AMERICAN METHOD City physicians on duty In the different police districts of Pittsburg, U.S.A., 111 hereafter be in a position to revive inebriates and sober them up within half to three-quarters of an hour by using inhalators. Confronted by the problem of the “dead drunk” —those who imbibe until they become unconscious—Dr. Sable went on a search for a cure, contending that when a man “passed out” it was dangerous to allow him to lie unattended in a cell. The doctor finally tried an inhalator. It proved effective, and officials of the department of safety ordered that the instruments be placed in all police stations for use on drunks as well as in emergency cases. According to Dr. Sable, the inhalator revives the “dead drunk” within half an hour, and if used for about 15 minutes longer, has a decidedly sobering effect jn the subject.
The inhalator, heretofore used with success in treating persons overcome by gas, smoke, fumes and respiratory failure, especially in cases of mine explosions, gives the patient a mixture of 95 per cent, oxygen and 5 per cent, carbon monoxide. «
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 2, 24 March 1927, Page 12
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