Word: pneumotherapist
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Commented Dr. Alvan Leroy Barach, Manhattan pneumotherapist who is largely responsible for the use of oxygen to treat weak hearts (TIME, April 6, 1931): "Accidents from fire in oxygen tents or in oxygen rooms are extremely rare. When they do occur, they are caused by some reckless action on the part of the patient, such as lighting cigarets. This man must have lit a cigaret. The theory that a spark might have flown from the motor over to the oxygen tent is untenable...
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