This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
In these conditions, where oxygenation of the blood is defective, and which are generally connected with heart disease, I have sometimes seen advantage from the internal use of peroxide of hydrogen - it is worth trial, but further observations are needed for estimating its true powers. Dr. B. W. Foster has reported two cases of congenital cyanosis relieved by it ("Clinical Medicine," 1874).
 
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