Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-21
CONDITION OF GIN. FRANK
BLAIR,
Favorable Results Anticipated From
the TRANSMISSION OF Blood.
So Fouis Reuuhltcan. AnriI 10

st. Louis Republican, Aprill9.
The friends of Gen. Blair will be graf
fled TO learn that, under the treatment Of
DR.. Franklin, who has been applying the
process of the tranfusiOn of blood TO the
veins OF his patient, there is a noticeable
improvement in his condition.
The General has been so long Frustrated
under the effects of a paralytic attack, that
his physician, after ~resorting to various
remedies, Cow entertains a strong hope
that the new treatment will result I'M cure.
Already two operations have been per-
formed on the patient. In the first expert
ment, two ounces Of blood were injected
into the system, and in a week thereafter
over four ounces were tTansfused, the doc
tor having FIRST depleted the patient Of two
ounces by bleeding. A favorable change
has been observed in consequence. The
patient has since manifested increased con-
~sciousness and is enabled TO articulate
more distinctly. Other favorable symp-
toms Of recuperating strength are also OBJ
seryable. The blood for TRANSMISSION is
drawn from the veins of a healthy man into
a vessel where it is allowed to remain in
contact with the o~xygenizing properties Of
the atmosphere a short time, but not LONG
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then sucked into an exhausted receiver to
which a tube is attached and connected
with a vein Of the patients arm. The
blood is then forced by a piston in the re-
oeiver into the general circulation of the
system. On the side Of the exhausted re-
ceiver is a scale Of fine lines so that the
quantity forced into the vein is graduated
and timed under the practiced eye of the
physician. The recuperatiYe effects Of
the TRANSMISSION of healthy blood
into the WORKOUT system, OF course,
are best known to the skilled medical
man.. The blood contains the materials
which are necessary for the formation of all
the tissues of the body, and in the various
repairs which the body requires. A healthy
person has healthy blood, and it appeals to
the reason Of any one, that in a state Of
disease, An infusion Of healthy blood ought
to possess restorative properties. The
amount transferred under the experiments
of DR.. MoncOq, Of Paris, an authority that
stands high, is very small, it is true. The
average amount of blood in an adult is es-
t;mated at twenty pounds; yet the amount
transfused-twO Ounces-iS said to equal
one pulsation Of the ~ventrical, and which
amount is discharged into the aorta about
seYenty-fve times a minute, making nine
pounds, or more than a gallon, every min
ute, or two barrels an hour.
Physiology further teaches that the
amount Of blood which trayerses the blood
vessels is not less than six tons a day,
from which some idea may be had Of the
office Of the blood in taking down and
building up the system.
DR.. Franklin viii perform another trans
fusion process tomorrow. 1t is proper to
state that be declined giving publicity in
this case until first obtainingthe consent of
Gen. Blair's family; but in view Of the fact
that thousands of the friends Of the dis
tinguished patient are interested in know
ing his condition, and as til already a sub
jet Of common report, We feel justified in
giving the facts.
We understand that the doctor is pre-,
pairing a monograph Of the transfUsing pro-
cess for submission to the public, in which
the matter will be doubtless treated with
scientific accuracy and at the same time in
a popular style.