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Episode 118 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Mold Injuries with Paul Harch, MD

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The History of Hyperbaric Medicine

In 1918, Dr. Orville Cunningham in Kansas City was noting the increased mortality of Spanish flu patients at altitude in the Rockies while he was vacationing there. He thought lower pressure, lower oxygen, higher mortality, what would happen if we increased the pressure and increased the oxygen? Went back to sea level in Kansas City, built a chamber, and the day they were to be functional and operational with animal experiments to begin, he was brought a dying Spanish flu patient. And this is described in a book and in a medical journal article,. These patients pinked up their agonal breathing improved. With one treatment a day for four to five days, they got them over that critical period where today

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