Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1918 — Antidote for Gas Poison Is Injected Into Patient’s Arm [ARTICLE]

Antidote for Gas Poison Is Injected Into Patient’s Arm

A newly discovered antidote for gas poisoning which succeeds where old methods fail is being used at the Cumberland Street hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y., according to announcement Dr. F. H. Platt superintendent of the hospital, said it had been tried “in a number of cases” with gratifying results. The antidote is injected into the arm of the patient and is a solvent “of sodium hyperchlorite in sterile water, prepared so as to isotonic with the blood.” It was discovered by Dr. Wilfred G. Frallck of Manhattan. Its use Is being continued under careful examination. Data are being gathered. Stimulants and the inhalation of oxygen are generally used la gas pot spn cases,