The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-20
DIR. HERMAN MERKEL,s DAUGHTER.
Amer Being Given Up for Dead IL Restored
TO Life by Translation.

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Is physician. savant and an enthusiast.
He is IS years of age or thereabouts German
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i''i'HS pic"' "h" DVS'ohiNcu W tho
extent OF ten years residence in this city.
1T Is no new thing. no remarked loading
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the way INTO the parlors oil his Shawmut avenue
house. The TRANSMISSION Of blood has been
known to the profession for hundreds Of yeers.
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10 pc sure, IL tcll into disrepute at one time.
but it has risen again in favor as its results
havc bocomc bo,ter known pro,yr snouard
',NVi"V '0''Vi N'oW"' DiVMn.'ep""iu'
Wholn eohsluer among tho most skllIu physl-
ologists OF tho present century has done much
to,vnrd tho COLLATION. ~ .yiJ,rco In tho thcorv
"'" mo NO'i"'On va o'i"'nOO :" W 80
ana praetice OF transiuslon' FROM 1000 10 1907
piaoh''s, ,,,.,.. 49, ,,h ,x,,,on.,od
D'Se,on twenty yours oo'Oio' WIZ" VN ,,' so""'ou
blood. The results obtained were nlghly salts
factory For instance II was found that def
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prlhated ploou-thh' 49, pioou from which 'he
fbrine, or peculiar organic compound has been
removcd-was safer to use than blood drawn
directly from the veins. Also that the blood OF
certain animals could DO transfused into the
veins Of man without danger. You remember
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VA" Nh"rles h'auc ih.tou"ces uhnsiusloh i'll
his story OF ." Griffith Gaunt." and Reade gem
ernllv kno,rs vhnt ho IL tntkiny nbout pefora
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give you inc uetalls Oh my chllu case, WISH
to call your attention TO one or two important
fac,a In ,rorafusior ,,baro human HOOD 10
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used. great care must bo taken ~ the selection
OF hsuul"1t. person ~ MI auulcteu 10 wine,
Tor example, would not do.
-, II inc blood Is drawn from lamn. or any
other mammnla, equal care must De TAKEN To
select an animal Tree from the suspicion OF DIS
ehS.. III human blood y useu, man ~ 10 pc
prrlerreu 20 woman, ior hn rehson ,nW t,lo
former Is richcr IN gloOules; ne should not ne
over forty years OF age. and II he is twenty. so
mucn the better. In performing me operation.
! g"ncrally use a snal lndlairunper pulu, 10
u,r NIL ~ ~ , Vnu oi, V,'r i, ,h,a
short lndla-ruppcr tunnE, o9nhecte1n MN tnis
Is conral glass; canula, whlch II nlled WIN
wri hiu Wnicm a,,s ~ E''HEc ~ Ill.,
variations OF pressure on the blood NesSris' lhr
ordinary hypoderinlc syringe " valuan,9 l9r
We TRANSMISSION OF small quaht,lles 9l olooil,
whatever instrument Is used. II should oe nhde
.ntlrey oi Iunperi ana meyer OF methl AZ 10
the amount ot blood TO be transiused. TWO
ounces are otton suihcient To- restor" ami mutton.
ana. IN ordlnary cas'S' from TWO 10 .ight
Instances have occurred. however. in which
Two anu nan pounds nave uerh successfully
used. II may snrprlse you 70 learh maj 2ut Oh
more than l.2n general cases OF TRANSMISSION
recorded since lslh. fully eighty per cent. have
proved successful 49,, III .,..
used 2
IL 70 be recommended IN az cases whero
| lesscned in quantity, below certain definite
| minimum. Consumption, ~ pulmonary tulcr-
| cuosis Is commonly called. cholera, and other
| contagious and epidemic Diseases. diphtheria
! IN certain stages. extreme nervous exhaustion.
poisoning. have all been successfully treated by
| trans usion. Neither stlmunnt. nor electricity,
nor hcat nor any sort Of medicine. can restore
| the blood corpuscl"s To DO that. new blood
| must be introduced into the veins. There Is
| the ease Of Frank l.. Blair. u l. hs rAiraor-
! binary as /. il interesting You know be- was
| OIL ..pd go retire altogether from public life.
! His nervous power was completely Frustrated.
! and inripi'ni paralys = Of the brain had already
| developed Itself. lie WIS Tor WteR- on tho very
| verge Of the grave. His once -ialvart frame
| was wasted To a mere skeleton. His mental and
| physical faculties were alike at their last
| ehh. some months ago, friends SUI.
| gost"d transiu-ior, which. after great
| hesitation. was arccdcd To. AT the FIRST expert
/ mcnt between two and three ounces of fresh
/ human blood was injected into his veins. ami
! NE result was highly satlsiactory. lio was
| able. shortly nitcrNHrd. to move his limits. and
| even t. talk for Jew minutes ~ time. sub
scquent INJECTIONS were made. twelve or fifteen
! ounces in al, believe. and with equally graft
! lying results. II he is not entirely cured now.
! venture To predict that h" VIII Oe m very
rctiuns a curious incident occurred. lmme-
diateiy after the Transmission, Gen. Blair WIFI OBJ
s"rved To look and act AZ II he were Intoxicated.
| from whom the blood was taken had been. i"r
! two days prior 10 the operation. drinking very
! irr"y. Ihe Conclusion was ineN,iho"; thr
! urnrral was drunk ny proxy strlNlhs NUS
t'ation ui the necessity 81 selecting proper SUI
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on o"'t ns Il ~ ,,i ~, az cii '.'i.n
nave lNlcd. MY lltur daughter S'rellt. seven
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