NEW USE FOR CHAMPAGNE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1914, Page 4

NEW USE FOR CHAMPAGNE.

Champagne is usually applied internally, and is not regarded as other than a beverage, or as a stimulant in certain cases, but it now appears that it has other unsuspected qualities of a high medical value. The British Hospital in Dueuos Ayres has had a senior medical officer for many years, Dr. John O'Conor, a surgeon of much resource and high reputation. In the "Lancet" Dr. O'Conor invites attention to a method of treating surgical shock by means of subcutaneous injection of good dry champagne. The effects claimed are immediate and remarkable ; the pulse gains volume, the skin becomes warm, the clammy sweat ceases, and within an hour tranquil sleep ensues. It is stated that this result exceeds in value several well-known saline infusions, and if that is so, the method (says ''The Hospital") is certainly worth a trial. A small bottle of champagne contains some -100 grammes (about 160 z.) ; this is emptied into a 500-granime Husk, and the flask filled up with normal saline solution. The whole is then injected into the subcutaneous tissues, and repeated in six hours if necessary. Xo local trouble of any kind follows this procedure.