Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-24
TRANSFUSING BLOOD.
SOME CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN THIS
DIRECTION.
Animals Brought TO Life Which Have Been
Dead for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Com
pIete and the Subjects Con-
time in Good Health.
James L Finch in Denver Nexs.l


The subject operated upon was a medium
sized terrier dog. 1t was securely tied, and
in incision made in an artery in his neck,
by which the animal was bled to death. Ha
certainly passed. through all the symptoms
OF dying, and soon after the last blood is
sued from the wound his frame became fixed
and rigid, and his eyes showed the senseless
glare of death Inc room was kept at q
temperature Of 20 degrees Fahrenheit, while
the dog lay for three hours dead By this
time be had become very stiff and cold. He
was now placed in q warm water bath that
was constantly maintained at temperature
OF los Gegreas, and was continually and
thoroughly rubbed, and as hc became pill
ant his limbs wers gently worked about and
his whole body rendered supple. A half
pint OF no: water was now passed into his
stomach through hard rubber tube that
was forced down his nsophagus. When this
was accomplished. the mouth Of rubber
tube, attached to beilows, was introduced
into his windpipe. and as the bellows were
provided with double valve, by which the
air could be withdrawn as well as inhaled,
the dogs nose was securely fastened up.
A large and powerful Newfoundland dog
that had been obtained for the purpose had
been tied IeGr by, and was now biei, while
the attending surgeon proceeded to adjust
tho transfusing apparatus and began to
slowly inject the live dogs blood into the
dead one. simultaneously Mr.. Armitage
began slowly working the respiratory bel
lows, while kept rubbing the animal and
bending his limbs and body to facilitate cir
culation- We could not have been more
anxious about the issue of our efforts il they
had been made on a human being instead
off,. \, Ms, $50
had been injected, l could see some
change about the eyes Of the dog. But no
enc spoke. One thought was common to all
would life come back, In few moments
more there was certainly convulsive tire
more noticeable i'll the body. Mr.. ArDlitage
in undisguisei excite ment said to the sur
geon, Press the blood In minute or two
the dog gasps, and soon attempts to eject the
respiratory tube. which was accordingly
Withdrawn. This was followed by gasps and
@ catching OF the breath, while the eyes grow
brighter and more natural The rubbing
and blood injecting were yet applied, and
the dog was struggling rs il in
fit Bat has forts soon becams
less violent, and lie begins q low whine. a
compress was now placed on the artery, and
in twenty two minutes after the first blood |
was injected, he sits up, after having been |
dead three hours and twenty minutes. The |
dog then drank broth that had been pro-
pared for him in casa of his revival and |
soon got up, and walked about He was fura- |
ished n comfortable bed near the stove and /
from this time forward his recovery was 50 |
rapid that in two days be was turned out TO |
run the streets. He is now a rugged charac- |
ter in good health. with seemingly no bad |
remembrance OF his resurrection.
The second case was tested on the second |
day Of December. The subject selected was |
a calf six weeks old. The details of treat /
ment were similar to the foregoing, except /
for greater convenience a hot vapor bath
was substituted for the warm water INNER
sion. The CALI after being bled TO death,
was left for twelve hours before it, resus-
Cation was undertaken, as it wa, desirable
to see if a longer death interval could be
successfully passed over. The fresh blood
injected into its circulatory system was
drawn from yearling steer. 1t required
thirty-five minutes 10 restore the calf to life
after the TRANSMISSION of the first blood. The
calf then drank some warm milk, and has
since grown ami thriven without percept-
BILE interruption or ailment
Tho next experiment was of diireren:
character. and was made with a view to ses
ii drowned animal could be restored to life.
\ small dog was forced under water and
drowned He was then taken out and laid
with his Load inclined downward to drain
his lungs of water, and left for four hour,
in warm ROOM IL will be noticed that
this was quite different and more hopeless
case than the preceding. as the dog had all
his own blood yet in his veins After an
hour in the warm bath. and constant rub
bing and working. his voins were opened a.
three different points to admit of the escape
Of any blood that might issue from them,
and tie injecting apparatus was vigorously
applied 10 the arterial system After fifty
minutes OF anxious labor, signs of reyiviti-
cation were Observable The poor beast
whinei piteously as life was being once more
enthroned within him. Notwithstanding
great care was taken of him, he remained
weak for several days, but seems now to b
in good condition.
y fourth case was recently tried, in which
the subject was dog. that was stranglai
and afterwari irozen-as he could not 10
frozen without strangling-was unsuccessful
After four hours of labor no signs of return
iHg life were noticeable Itis believed, how
ever, that this experiment may We: succeed,
AMI the life q frozen animal restored.
1t IS proper 10 aid that. in the first cases
after the blood ceased 10 flow from the
wound, measures were taken to prevent air
entering tho circuiatory system a. the ami
NAL cooled, and in all the cases the rcspira-
tory apparatus was nicely adjusted TO the
capacity of the animal If the lungs in any
case had been rupturei or overstrained.
would have subsequently en-