St. Landry democrat., 1885-03-14
Blood.

Blood is the prime factor in
building up the human system, for
''the blood thereof is the life there
Of" IF the blood be diseased or
poisoned the whole system suffers,
and unless the disease is removed
death must ensue. For many years
the TRANSMISSION of blood has been
practiced by physicians with more
or less of success, and in particular
cases it is unquestiOnable that life
has been prolonged through that
agency.
There have recently been some
curious experiments made in Den
yer, Col, by Mr. G.. A. Armitage
and his friend, Mr.. James L. Finch,
an account of which was given in
the Denver Daily News. These
gentlemen took medium sized ter
rier dog, and by an incision in one
of the arteries of his neck, bled him
to death. The dog passed through
all the symptoms Of dying; blood
ceased to flow from his wound his
eyes became glazed, and his frame
fixed and rigid. The room was
kept at a summer temperature, and
the dog lay there for three hours
apparently dead, stiff and cold.
Then the body was placed in a
warm bath which was maintained
at a temperature Of 100 deg. Fab.
The body was gently rubbed, and
the limbs moved in order to give
them pliancy. Half a pint of hot
water was then passed into his
stomach through a rubber tube,
and, when this was done, the mouth
Of a rubber tube, attached to a
bellows, was introduced into his
windpipe, the bellows being pro-
vided with a double valve, by
which the air could be exhaled as
well as inhaled.
At this stage of the proceeding a
large Newfoundland dog was Sc
curely tied near by and bled. The
attending surgeon thereupon pro
ceeded to adjust the transfusing
and to slowly inject the
live dogs blood into the veins of
the dead one. The parties awaited
the result with intense anxiety, for
the success of the experiment reach
ed out much further than the dumb
animal operated upon. IF the dog
could be brought back to life under
such circumstances why could not
men and women be revived after
an apparently fatal loss Of blood I?
The issue was momentous. Let us
see the result.
In a few moments a convulsive
tremor was observable in the ter
rier's body. After a pint of fresh
blood had been injected a change
took place in the dogs eye, and, in
a moment or two after, the animal
began to gasp and tried to eject |
the respiratory tube, which was at
once withdrawn. The dog then
began to struggle, as if in fit,
gasping for breath, but meanwhile |
his eyes grew brighter and more
natural. A compress was then
placed on the artery, and within
twenty-five minutes after the first
blood was injected the dog partook
Of some broth which had been pre-
pared, and afterwards showed no
symptoms of a relapse. He was
Kept warm and in two days ran
about the streets as if nothing
strange had happened.
A like experiment was afterwards
made upon a calf, though for great
9r convenience a hot vapor bath
vas substituted for the warm water
immersion. The case was, how
aver, equally successful, and to
make the expected result more en-
Dhatic, the body of the calf was left
or twelve hours before resuscita-
ion was attempted. A dog that
1ad been drowned was also, though
With great difficulty, brought to
ife but in the case Of another dog
which had been strangled and
rozen, the attempt proved unsuc-
,essful.
To physicians and Psychologists
;hese experiments must prove
strangely Interestingly. 0. City
tenn.