“Dr. Townsend's Oxygenated Air” and “Oxygen” as a Cure for Chronic Disease

- Edgar F. Townsend, MD, patented his nostrum “Dr. Townsend's Oxygenated Air” in 1876.
- His panacea was peddled as a remedy for blood, kidney, heart, liver, and stomach ails.
- A homeopath then eclectic physician, Townsend perjured and then killed himself (1898).