Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-10-28

parity CIoseo, her llPs gehlly part
ed, and breathing slowly. He
cheeks were waxen in their eX
treme pallor, and her lips wer
Z absolutely colorless, Ice had beel
placed upon the irfegularly pull
sating arteries at the base of tn,
neck, and her temples were fire
quently bathed with cooling 10
tions. Miss Clark was beauti
ful girl, and her parents stated
that before the accident her cheeks
now SO pale, had been unusually
red and blooming. The blue veins
in her arm were very prominent
and it was an easy matter to SEE
where and how to open the one de
sired 1t is very necessary to do
this without injuripg the coats OF
the vessel The incision, there.
.Efore, had to be made with extreme
delicacy. Al! being ready the
sheep was moved alongside the
patients arm. The pressure from
the lower pair of foreeps was re-
moved, and the bright, red arteri-
al blood leaped along the glass
tube and spirited from the orilice
The operator placed his finger ov-
er the aperture and controlled the
stream. BY this method every
particle Of atmospheric air was eX-
PEELED from the tube. The point
was then brought close TO the vein
III the patients arm, and an Incl
sion was Inade1usta above the bend
of the elbow, the withdrawing Of
the knife aud the insertion OF the
end Of the glass, tube were Simnl,
taneous. The pressure Was again
taken off from the lower end of
the sleeps carotid artery, aud the
bright arterial blood rushed along
into the vein Of the young girl
The flow WAS easily controlled by
the spring forccps. The stream
was made to flow very gradually
at first, but afterwards was per
mitted TO pour in more and more
powerfully, until the sheep's heart
was pumping life into the dying
girls system with its full folct.-
After flteenor sixteen ounces had
been transferred before tie flow of
blood was stopped and the tube was
withdrawn. Before the incision
was made the skin pl the patients
arm was tightly drawn down
After the tube was taken out the
skin was suffered to sip back Il
gain. Thus the orifice Of the vein
was covered, as by Il flap, and
there was no chance Tar admission
Of air. Subsequent hemorrhage
was prevented by laying IL folded
cloth over the wound and secur-
ing it with a bandage.
THE SHEEP WAS THEN ATTEND
8 Two Iigaturos were passed a
round the artery whence the
blood had been taken, and the
vessel was secured above and
below. One Iigaturc was cut
of, The other was permitted. to
hang out OF the wound. Three
stitches secured the lips of the
wound. y small quantity Of
milk punch was giycn the sheep
and it was taken out on the
lawhs 2 The legs, were gunded
and stbeSanimal put upon his
feet, At first, the sheep stag
gercd little, but it soon recoy-
cred itself and went to nib
bling the grass as if nothing
unusual had happened to it. i
An immediate change was also
In Miss Clark sappeaf-
ancc. \ faint blush returned
to her hitherto pale checks. =
Her lips again resumed their
natural color, and her eyes no
longer dropped, but were open
ed to their fullest extent. -
Nourishment was given in the
form Of soups and beef-tea and
small quantities of milk-punch
and egg-nogg. From the day
of operation her Improvement
has been steady. The young
lady has been spending the past
few weeks in Minnesota. There
can be no doubt that the timely
TRANSMISSION Of blood saved her
life.
THE CASE OF JOSEPH HENDRICK-
SON,
Aged twenty-eight years, of
Nd, ), was even more
He had a severe
of pneumonia in 1874;
careful examination by oscula-
ton and percussionsh showed there |
had been no tuberculous forma-
ton. He was advised to spend
the summer of 1874 in the Adj
rondacks, where the healing
properties of-the air, loaded
with the perfume Of the pine