The Grange advance., 1874-09-30

brother, the estate would fall to the
hated and .despised Count Alsberg.
Mannhausen, as no will existed and
none could be expected, as Hugo was in
perfect coma (unconsciousness), and, Of
course Alfred becoming estate holder
only after Hugo's death, he could not
dispose of the Inheritance before he &C.
tually possessed it. Thus his adored
wife and children would be left desti-
tute of means, in fact in debt, and at
the mercy Of jealous caste from whom
no pity could be expected.
In most heart-rending tones the poor
man implored US to prolong his life and
consciousness until his brothers fate
was deided, and thus give him chance
to do the last service to his wife and
children; but our sad faces spoke more
than words could have expressed. Sud
denly Prof. Sturm's companion, Mr..
Bath, the young American student, a
description of whose eccentric character
and acts you have found in my last let
ter, broke the awful silence of the cham
Der of death, by the at least ill chosen
shout "Eureka.' As he confessed to
me afterward the loveliness of the coun-
tess had made such an impression on
him that he set his Yankee ingenuity to
work to contrive some plan to cheat
grim death out of his prey, at least for
some time: Starting from the assump-
tion that the aeration OF the blood was
still sufficiently continued to keep the
body living for many hours, if the nu-
triton of the brain was kept up by
so ne means, so as to allow it the ,ner.
vous influence on the animal functions
necessary to life, he proposed to feed
the brain artificially, stating to US
plan which, however Quixotic, seemed
at any rate feasible and worthy of trial.
THE BIRTH OF THE DoG.xAN.
With the permission of the wounded
count, Profs. Sthoen and Wetter, DR..
Fuchs, and host of medical students
were summoned, while the necessary
apparatus was obtained from the physi-
illogical laboratory. A huge St. Bern
ard dog, the counts pet, was then pro-
cured and securely bound, though this
was hardly necessary, as the faithful
animal was so affected by his masters
misfortune as not to offer any resist
| ance. Both carotid arteries and inter-
nal jugular veins vessels of the neck)
were then laid bare in man and animal,
ligated and cut and the lower ends of
the dogs vessels connected by means
Of silver tubes and rubber hose. both
previously washed out with an alkaline
solution to prevent coagulation of the
blood, with the upper end of the counts
blood channels; SO that the dogs blood,
fresh from the lungs and we'll aerated,
entering the counts arteries supplied
his brain with the necessary oxygen
and then returned, through his veins
land the hose) to the dogs circulation
to be freshly aerated, while the rest of
his body was filled with blood Just
enough nutritious to maintain a low
grade of vitality.
The immediate result was the disap-
pearing of the stupor which had gradu.
ally come on, Frightening of the
spirit, and even an increase of vitality
in the rest of the body by the fresh
supply of nervous influence, while the
dogs consciousness was Immediately
destroyed, his brain receiving but little
blood from its other uninjured vessels.
Gradually, however, the trunk and ex-
tremities of the count became para.
lyzed, rendering writing of course im-
possible, and though the hearts vigor
was kept up, the lungs became so in1il-
trated and the respiratory muscles so
relaxed, that breathing was slow and
labored, and speech we'll nigh impossi.
bic. Rec6llecting Billroth's famous
case of removal Of the larynx, where
bellows were made the artificial substi-
tute for the lungs, we wen: even far.
ther; severing his trachea, VIC connect
ed the lower end with large pair of
bellows, working twenty times per min.
ute, and Of course ru7a by the students
with the effect of reinvigorating all Or
ganic functions, while the upper end of
the windpipe was coupled to = rubber
b:lb to supply the necessary air for
speaking.
As might be expected, the entire
medical fraternity of the town, in fact
| of the whole ne; ghborhood, poured in
to witness this miracle; and truly it
was strange and touching sight to see
this man, sad and resigned, paralyzed
from neck to toe, lying aside of'and Or
ganically connected with the faithful
animal, whose consciousness had partly
returned, and who amid his agony still
proved his attachment by licking his
masters cold and stiff hand, which we
had placed within his reach. The look
of the count, mostly ri,eted on the
sountenancc ofhis wife, who stood at
the bedside, vainly striving to conceal
her trickling tears, occasionally wan
dered over to US, beckoning US, in mute
but expressive language, to work the
rubber bulb and thus enable him to
speak consolingly to his wife. NJ
the count. Mr.. Bath was the hero