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The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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FACTS ABOUTTHE OXYPATHORHow Six Inches <strong>of</strong> Nickel-pl<strong>at</strong>ed Gas PipeSells for $35.00ANY ONE CAN MAKE HIS OWN OXYPATHORHow and Why the St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Laid Barethe Modern Rabbit's FootWahben H. Booker, C.E."Save the babies!" How? With sixinches <strong>of</strong> brass gas pipe and a handful<strong>of</strong> sand, sulphur and charcoal. Thisis wh<strong>at</strong> our good mothers were toldto do a few weeks ago <strong>at</strong> the St<strong>at</strong>eFair. Of course, they were not toldin just those words. <strong>The</strong>y were invitedto i>ay $35 for an Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor,which is the same thing, except th<strong>at</strong>the l<strong>at</strong>ter has a green cord fastened<strong>at</strong> each end <strong>of</strong> the gas pipe.Now, when any concern sets up anexhibit directly opposite a betterbabies contest and proceeds to makecapital <strong>of</strong> innocent babies, claimingth<strong>at</strong> a piece <strong>of</strong> gas pipe will curesome one hundred and seventy oddailments, and recommending its usein cases <strong>of</strong> pneumonia, infantile paralysisand diphtheria, it is time forsome one to sound a note <strong>of</strong> warning.In the case <strong>of</strong> diphtheria time isworth more than money. In manycases time is life itself, and no honorable,intelligent person will, forgreed <strong>of</strong> a few paltry dollars, takechances with the lives <strong>of</strong> innocentbabes by recommending the wasting<strong>of</strong> precious time with a piece <strong>of</strong> gaspipe instead <strong>of</strong> hurrying toapply antitoxin.Wh<strong>at</strong> the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor Is.Th<strong>at</strong> the public might know justwh<strong>at</strong> they are getting when they buyOxyp<strong>at</strong>hors, the St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>,through its agent, bought an Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Carolina</strong> Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor Company,for which it paid $35. Pr<strong>of</strong>essorBrowne, pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> physics and electricalengineering <strong>at</strong> A. and M. College,.Raleigh, was then asked to examine itfor any and every known force. <strong>The</strong>most delic<strong>at</strong>e tests failed to show th<strong>at</strong>any force wh<strong>at</strong>soever was gener<strong>at</strong>ed ortransmitted by the appar<strong>at</strong>us whentested according to the directions givenin the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor "Direction Book" accompanyingit. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Browne wasthen asked to take it apart and findhow it was made. <strong>The</strong> carefullymilled caps <strong>at</strong> either end might indic<strong>at</strong>eth<strong>at</strong> they could be unscrewed.Not so. A vigorous applic<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong>wrenches and pipe tongs failed toloosen them. <strong>The</strong> gas pipe was thensawed open, and was found to containabout a handful <strong>of</strong> black, gritty powder.Perlaps for the purpose <strong>of</strong> reinforcingthe caps <strong>at</strong> either end, a solidbar about one-half inch in diameterextended through the pipe from cap tocap. <strong>The</strong> powder found in the pipewas turned over to Pr<strong>of</strong>. W. A. Withers,pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> chemistry <strong>at</strong> A. andM. College, with the request th<strong>at</strong> heexamine it. His report shows th<strong>at</strong> it.consists<strong>of</strong>Carbon (free) 28.36%Silica 27.46%Carbon Dioxoide 8.37%Magnesium Oxide 7.61%Antimony 7.26%Aluminum Oxide 5.65%Sulphur 4.97%

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