Pneumotherapy

Pneumotherapy

Pneumotherapy

Medical use of compressed or rarefied gases

This article is about the medical treatment. For the holistic treatment influenced by pneumatology, see Pneumatherapy.

Pneumotherapy is the medical use of compressed or rarefied gases, and was at one time used to treat people suffering from pneumothorax (lung collapse).[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Brown, Cabot (1953). "The Effects of Rapid Changes of Altitude on Patients Undergoing Pneumotherapy". Chest. 23 (2): 175–185. doi:10.1378/chest.23.2.175. PMID 13020959.
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