Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-15
Intravenous Infection or MILK.

-. ). Prout In Medical Record.
Tr. WultSherg found that f'w minutes
after the injection OF small quantities Is 5
gTammes) of fresh, warm cows or goats milk
int o the external jugular vein of a rabbit, the
milk globules are uniformly mixed with the
blood, some of them swimming free. some ad-
herring 10 the colorleSs blood coTpuScleS. An
hour later there are not so many free glo-
bules, but colorleSS corpuscles may be seen
which incluse giobule, and still later the
number OF incloSed globuleS is found 10 be
much increased two, three and even four
may be seen within coTpuScle. II the latter
. can he made TO ro,ate. 1t Is plainly seen that
rent TO It's external surface. This can be best
seen with 30U-4Oo magnify ing power, when the
red corpuScleS ale decolorized by acetic acid.
In olood draw AZ tie Later e finds contiu-
ualiy lever free aid more IA. more incloSed
MI k glObuieS. TWO to six h ~ : after The in
Jecti9n no more free globules are 10 be found.
and very lew that are visible liz tae colorlesS
COZ puScieS, bat-aS alter a good meaI-tbere
is a Striking increase in the relative number
of the LATER; la "A hours the blood Is again
MOI NAL. When dogs received repeated iutra-
yenOuS injections of 20 10 30 grammeS of milk
they rapidly lost weight, the ma jointly of them
dying soon az 'r receiving the last named
quantity. Daring life they showed no serious
symptoms, but after death unchanged milk
glObuleS We're always found in the blood, and
In the lungs We're found larger or smaller blood
clOtS. True fat embOliO could not be rec0g-
nizCd anyv here; ihe kidneys were ways nor
NAL. When hypodeTmic injections OF milk
were given the animals lost flesh, and when
tutS were KILLED.. d lew udA dlItI the last IN
lection, considerable quantities OF the milk
constituent NitchbeStuRdiheitel We're always
found at the place of injection. Another series
OF experiments was on dogs that had been bled
largely: lhey were found to tolerate injec-
tionS OF small quantities OF milk, but after
large injections they died, and often on the
operating table When, after gross loss of
blood, the heart-SOuDdS became very weak
almost lnaudlbie; they became iOud and dis
tlnct again immediately after the injection
He next bled animals until res 2irltiOn and
arrp TnlDf.a gxFI
injected mix into their veins. At once rhyth-
mic contraCtiOES Of the heart, which could be
1elt, REQUIRED, and soon respiratory move
mentS reappeared. When, after a short time
these ceased. they could be again excited DIV a
second Injection, and some of the dogs even
parked. Whether this restoration of the
neart S action was due to the eXcitatiOn of
the nerVe-centerS or 10 a purely mechanical
Irritation OF the organ is as yet undetermined
Professor Thomas says OF his second case that
When the first in lection was made the patient
was fairly mOlibund, and that at each sub
Sequent injection il was the unanimous
opinion of All who saw her that death was
iInevltaoie "ithin very brief space Of time.
lt was thought that her life was prolonged AT
least SIX days by the five intra-yen JuS iniec-
ton OF milk. The quantity used ia the iirSt
injection III this case is not stated, but 10, L. 8
and ounces were used in the last four. The
third case reported simply proved that milk
injected IL TO The circulation was innucuuus
1t Will be Seen that the results oh, aimed by
professor thomas in practice and by DR.
NullSOerg III the laboratory agree: bat the
lattersnOldS that as relatively small quantities
only can he safely injected, as these induce
only a very tranoitOry relative INCREASES of the
colorleSS blood cOTpuScleS; and as, on the
other hand, the Injection of large quantities
leads to the formation of embpli in the lungs
which are never caused by the TRANSMISSION of
blood; and as. finally We can, when il is posi-
bic, lie excite the hearts action by harmless
means, We cannot rely upon initrd-yenouS in
JeclonS of milk as the last resort. He thinks
THAT these cannot take the place of blood
hansfusiOnS. Per contra, Professor Thomas
considers that in lection of milk into the cir
culation i'll place of blood is a perfectly feast
pie, safe and legitimate procedure that it
IS lnnhIely easier TO perform thau trans
fusion OF blood. and that its use should
not be limited to cases in waich prufIISe and
eXhauSuDg hemorrnageS have occurred, but
recommends IL i'll certain cases OF typhoid fe-
yer, pneumonia cholera, sc. In This conuec-
ton allow Inc to quote the following from a
recent paper by Professor ). G. Amor: In
many cases OF local lniiammatO.y diSea Ses mot
dangerously involving vital urGdn,) the "a
tlent often dies, L doubt not. from failure of
heart action before the local disease can run
through lis natural history. In al Sucn cases
tilhe becomes an Important element of cure
and The way to get such time is 10 guard vel
The dead point u danger, a weak and failing
heart lIroccedlngs of the Medical Suce V
OF the County of Kings, February, 1873 p.3N.l
we may consider that shock enters largely
INTO thlS tendency TO death. Could time be
gained, this Shock or condition of lapse
might pass of and life be saved. AgLiu il m az
aid In the detection and punishment of crime ::
lie might be prolonged sufficiently to allo%
Tie Nlcum OF an assault to identity ais aSSaii-
ant: Ii may also be applicable in eases of poi.
sOnlhs: George Eliot has already made use of
ILLS lQea In her story of The Lifted Veil -
published in 1859, in which We ale tod of a
wicked lady whose guilt was bcuu shr 20 light
Dy The experiment OF tranSfuSing blood into
Tie heart OF Il person just dead, WHO revive,
lor an Instant aud den0unceS her.