Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-20
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suspended and again restored.
All this mans organs are perfect,
but his vital energy is lost. To
restore it we must make the heart
beat again; the coaglilated blood
must be removed from the heart
cavities; and the lungs must be
filled with air."
Taking up a sharp knife, the
Professor cut down upon the
wind pipe from what is known
as Adams apple to the hollow
over the breast bone. With a
sharp steel hook he raised the
wind-pipe, split it open, and in
serted the nozzle of the bellows,
making it fast with silver wire
around the pipe. This done, the
handles of the bellows were pla-
ced i'll the hands of an assistant,
while the Professor took up a
long, hollow needle, or tube, half
as large as an old-fashioned knit
ting needle. To this he attached,
on head at one end, a rubber
tube one-quarter of an inch in
diameter, and three feet long.
This was attached at the other
end to a glass jar, or receiver,
and the receiver was attached to
an air-pump, which was to be
controlled by another assistant.
The Professor next placed a gal
Ion jar, containing a mixture Of
defibrinated sleeps blood and
milk, in a pail of water, all Of
which had been heated to 100o
f. From the jar (placed a lit
/ tie above the table about five
feet distant) ran a rubber tube,
one-quarter of an inch in diane
ter, to the end of which was a
short silver tube, with stop-cock
attachment. The wires Of the
battery were now uncoiled, and
very delicate, platinum-pointed
needles were fixed. All this ar-
paratus arranged and in the hands
of the confident assistant, the
Professor, who had been all the
time talking quietly of the vari-
Gus instruments he was handling
now placed delicate thermom-
eter before him, said:
"Now,gentlemen,we areready.
Let every action be performed
steadily and quickly as | direct.
l now open the right jugular vein,
and permit what blood there is
in it to escape. You see by tie
flowing it is not coagqlated, and
as / thrust this thermometer in
to the vein it indicates that we
have the body at 981 Q f., the
natural temperature of the hu-
man being in health. will now
attach this small silver tube in
the vein, which, of course, coE-
meets it by this siphon tube with
the jar of defibrinated warm
sleeps blood and milk. | keep
the stop-cock closed for the pres
ent. Next ] will plunge this
hollow needle which is attached
to the air-pump, or aspirator, III
to the ventrieles of the heart,
and when the air III the receiver
is exhausted the clotted blood
will be drawn out. You know
thatneedless, sharp, p,narrowbl&des,
and even arrows, have pierced
the walls of the heart in living
animals frequently, without pre-
ducing death, because upon their
withdrawal. the muscular fibers
close the opening. Now, this
needle is in the right ventri-
Gle, and (snaking another at
tachment by the double tube)
this is in the left. All is now
ready except our arrangement
for stimulating the nerves which
preside over respiration, the heart
and general circulation. These
nerves are the Pneumo-gastric
and Great Sympathetic. The
former comes from the base of
the brain in a certain spot; the
latter will require an opening in
the abdomen"
The Professor then took a
small diamond drill, not larger
than horse-hair, and perforated
the skull at two points, an inch
apart, at the Ease of the brain in
to which he thrust the two deli
cate platinum points of the bat
terv. At the moment these en-
tered several remarked that the
chest had moved as if in expira-