Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-02-20
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| 1RAASFUSION OF THE BLOOD
We find in the Courier des Etots
URiS Of the 23d instant, a curious
and interesting case which occurred
in the Hospital of Saint Louis. il
Paris lately, in which the blood o
one person was transfused into iht
veins Of another, and the life Of the
recipient saved or at least prolonged
by the operation. The patient wa:
woman and after her accouchemenl
a profuse and exhausting 'hemoragt
followed. Her pulse had ceased tc
beat for several minutes, and moth.
ing more than a slight undulatory
shuddering could be perceived from
time to time. She was evidently
dying, and as the last resort Of his
art, the surgeon, NJ. Nelaton, deter
mined to try what effect TRANSMISSION
would have, which determination
was soon carried out. One of the
attendants, NJ. Dulour, voluntarily
offered TO lose his blood in the cause
Of humanity, and the required guam
tity being taken from his arm, il
was injected from a syringe into a
vein of the head Of the patient, and
passed Immediately into the system.
The blood was injected at about its
natural temperature. The whole
quantity was from thirteen 10 four
teen ounces. There were two in-
jections, the first oil about eight oun-
ces and after an interval Of five min
utes, five or six ounces more. The
woman revived Immediately and
was doing well for a week after the
operation, when she was carried off
by an inflammation OF the bowels.
The TRANSMISSION was considered to
be perfectly successful.
A minute account ofthe process OF
TRANSMISSION is given, but that we
omit, as every surgeon would know
how TO perform the operation.
TRANSMISSION Of the blood was tried
in England and France nearly two
hundred years ago, and after being
a medical hobby for a few years, fell
into disrepute and was altogether
At Paris it was pro-
on account of some unsuc
cessful experiments, and PerrauIt,
a distinguished anatomist, give it the
coup de grace by bon mot: A man
could not change his blood, he said,
as he does his shirt.
And so this theory, like a thou
sand others, was laid upon the shelf,
apparently forever, until resuscita-
ted by NJ NJ. Provost and Dumas,
about thirty years ago, who demon
strated, by experiments on animals,
that blood artiicially supplied by
would reanimate them
and restore the vital energies; but
Ihe blood transfused must be from
an animal Of the same species Of the
recipient, and the physical and chem
cal properties OF the same. And
i ought always TO be the blood Of a
young and healthy person, when the
is TO be tried on hu-
nap being. The old experimenters
erred by injecting the blood Of
Iuadfppeds into The human system
and they did not employ the same
degree OF skill that is now employ
I'd.
Within the last twenty five years
here have been not less than ten
Or twelve cases OF TRANSMISSION in
England and Germany, and ali have
been successful the account says
But, upon the supposilion that they
lave not all been still If a majority !
las, it is encouraging enough TO JUS
ify the experiment in desperate and 1
Tery doubtful cases. If the blood |
If all healthy persons is physically |
ind chemically the same, or very
nearly so, reason would seem to in
licale, that in cases where a def
:iency in the quantity OF blood in the
ysiem is what makes the danger,
hen an artificial supply would be a
latural remedy.
@ Washington Globe.