Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-05-14
Blood Grating.
A Husband Surrenders the Ruddy
Life Stream for the SalvatiOnn
of His Wife. kE a
From the st. Louis Times.

1 esterday afternoon o repre-
sentative of the Times was in
vited to be present AMI witness
a very critical and curious sur
gical operation, which took
place at the residence of DIR.
Alexander McMasters, No. q
/ 6O7 Morgan street, viz: t'the
transplanting or grating of
blood corpuscles by the opera
ton of TRANSMISSION"
The patient, Mrs. Frank
Campbell, wife of Mr.. Frank
Campbell, foreman of the Ok
ley Iron Works, has been for
many years an invalid from the
fell disease consumption. =
Doubtless the complaint is here
ditary with her, as three Of her
sisters have fallen victims to
the scourge during the last
three years.
The practice of the transfu-
sion of the blood of a healthy
person into the system of an
invalid is by no means new,
it having been spoken Of first
about two centuries ago, al
though not generally practiced.
To the profession, or those who
have read much upon this sub
1ect, it is we'll known that tu-
bercuiar diafhesis consists in
an inherited peculiarity Of blood
development, under the infu-
ence of which the nascent blood
tends to a molecular death.
The blood dies still-born, so. to
sreak; it never attains its ma
turity Of growth or function;
it stops short Of the distribu-
tive arteries Of the body; it de-
Gays and perishcs on the thresh-
old of circulation. 1t is the
way of these dead proteinus ell
emcnts to become consolidated
in the various vital organs, and
there to form the fibrinifOrm
masses called tubercle.
The blood possesses an i'm
mense power of reproduction
and cell growth; also, of cor
acknowledgement, or growth,
and is endowered with a self
vitalizing power in a remarka-
bic degree. This is proven by
the rapidity with which the
large quantities of blood are re-
after a sudden loss, in
healthy persons, while these who
inherit the scrofulous diathesis
debilitated and blanched.
This is the theory of Dr. Me-
Masters, at least, and he states
also that healthy living blood
cells or corpuscles may be trans
planted into feeble stream in
another individual, and these
grow with the same rapidity |
of growth and peculiarities of |
development as they would in
the living stream from which |
they were taken; on the same
simple principle as migrating
takes place in the vegetable
kingdom, or in the lately-dis-
process of grating
skin OH the human subject.
On the above theory DIR.
McMasters bases his system of
practice.
The present subject of the
operation, Mrs. Campbell, who
$ stwenty-six years of age; was
brought from Cleveland Ohio,
some three weeks ago, When
he first operation Of this kind
ook place upon her she was in
i very weak condition5 scarce
y able to walk. To-day She
axes a daily walk of from six
cen to seventeen blocks, sleeps
veil and has a good appetite.
Yesterday the secord opera
ion took place, at which a re-
porter of the Times was pres
mt. 1t consisted of uncover
NO one of the large veins at the
wrist, raising it, and through a
light incision introducing two
'unces of pure, healthy blood
aiken from the arm of her hus-
,and, Mr.. Frank Campbell.
The operation is an exceed
ngly delicate one, and was
most successfully performed.-l
Nhe time occupied in all was "a
'out thirty minutes, while from
he time of taking the blood
rom the arms of the husband
o the completion Of the trans
llsion about ten seconds only
ranspired. Shortly after the
INFUSION of the blood, the turni-
uet, which had been placed up
n the arm of the patient near
,o shoulder was looSened. and