The Van Buren press., 1874-05-26
BLOOD GRAF TING.
A Husband Surrerders the Ruddy Life
Stream for the Salvation of HIS Wife.
From the st. Louis Times. Mayll

and witness very critical and curious
sursica! operation, whi.a took place at
the residences OF DR.. AleNanltr McMos-
tiers, No 26e7 Morgan street, viz; " The
transplanting or grating of blood cor
puscles by the operation OF TRANSMISSION.
The patient. Mrs Frank Campbell,
wife of Mr.. Frank Campbell, foreman CT
the Oxley lron Works, has been for many
years an invalid from the fell disease
consumption. Doubtless the complaint
is hereditary with her, rs three of her
sisters have fallen victims TO the scourge
during the last three years.
The practice of the TRANSMISSION of the
blood Of healthy person into the sys-
TEN Of ~ invalid is by no means new, it
having been spoken of first about two
praeticed TO the profession, or those
who have read much upon this subject,
it is well known that tubercuar dathesis
consists in an inherited peculiarly Of
blood development, under the influence
of which the nascent blood tends to a
molecular death. The blood dies still
born, so to speak; it never attaus its
maturity of growth or function; it stops
short of the distrbutive arteries of the
body, it decays and perishes on the
threshold of circulation 1t is the way
of these dead proteinus elements to he-
come consolidated in the various vital
organs, and there to form tue dOrniform
masses called tubercle.
The blood possesslS az immense pow
er Of reproduction aud cell growth also,
of corpuscular development, or growth,
and is endowed with self.vitalizing
power in remarkable degree. This is
proven by the rapidhy with which the
large quantities of blood are reproduced
after sudden loss, in healthy persons,
while those who inherit the scrotulous
dathcsis remain dehlitated and blanched
THIS is the theory Of DR. McMasters, at
least, and he states also that healthy Iiv
ing blood cells or corpuscles may be
transplanted into a feeble stream in
another individual, and there grow with
the same rapidity ofgrowth and peculiar
itics Of development as they would in the
living stream from which they were ia
ken; on the same simple principle rs in
grating takes place in the vegetable
kingdom, or in the lately y-discovered pro-
cess Of grating skin on the human sub
ject,
On the above theory DR.. McMasters
bases his system of practice
The present subject Of the operation
MIS-. Campbell, Is twenty.six years OF
age, was brought from Cleveland, Ohio,
some three weeks ago. When the first
operation Of this kind took place upon
her she was in a very weak condition,
scarcely able to walk, 10 day she takes
daily walk of from sixteen to seventeen
blocks, sleeps well and has good appe.
tite
Yesterday the second operation took
place, at which a reporter Of the Times
was present 1t consisted Of uncoyering
one OF the large veins at the wrist, rails
ing it, aud through slight incision in
Producing two ounces of pure, healthy
blood taken from the arm Of her husband
Mr. Frank Campbell
The operation is an cxceedin-Y deli
cate one, and was most successfully per.
formed. The time occupied in all was
about thirty minutes, while from the time
of taking the blood from the arms Of the
husband to the completion Of the trans.
fusion about ten seconds only transpired.
Shortly after the Infusion Of the blood
the turniquet, which had been placed L?
on the arm of the patient near the shoul- !
der was loosened, and the new blood be
gan to permeate the system Of the lady !
she tremhled perceptibly, result Of the
impression of the new blood upon the
nervous eenters. The lady stood the
operation with true heroism, considering |
its necessarily painful nature. Another |
lady, who is under the doctors treatment
for the same complaint, and who is pre-
pairing herself for the operation, stood
by and witnessed the proceedings.
As was stated above. this theory of
transplanting blood from one person to
another is no new one but Dr. McMas. |
ters' theory, that the blood thus trans
planted grows rs any other graft does,
supplied by a nutriment Of the fluid into |
which it is thrown, is claimed as purely !
original
This is the seventeenth time DR. Nc. |
Masters has performed this operation, |
and the seventh pa:iont he has treatc in |
this manner. The first one recovered |
after three operations, and is now work |
ing 0n his farm near Toronto, Canada, |
from which place the doctor comes The
second subject stood three operations
and gradually recovered The third was
operated on four times before any i'm
portant change took place, bot gradually |
recovered and is now in Florida The |
fourth was lady named Coppin, of To-
ronto. She showed symptoms of recov
cry after the second operation and fnal-
" recovered after the fourth
A significant fact in the operation yes /
terday was that upon opening the vein of
the patient the blood showed quite diff |
ferent appearance from that developed on
the first operation. Yesterday it was
forid and healthy looking; on the first
occasion it bore a strong resemblance to
muddy claret wine The husband of the
lady who thus generously divides his
lite's blood, in order to preserve irposs- !
BILE the life of his wife, is a strong, well |
built, muscular man, the very perscnica.
ton OF health and manhood. He pats /.
with the invigora,ing fluid with smile, |
as nc has firm confidence in the efficacy
of the treatment
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