New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-30
PRICE THREE CENTS.
BACK FROM DEATHS DOOR
TRANSMISSION OF WARM SALT WATER.

Win strong constitution recently admitted 10 the
Bellevue Hospital as patient. She was married Her
husband In tit Of Jealousy. shot her The ball entered
the ght side OF her face. carried away portion Of tho
upper jaw and badly fractured the bone When the o
Duance surgeon went after her he found her bleeding
profusey from the wound there was every
that one OF the arteries In the face had
Stopping the flow Of blood well as was ssblc by
preston, aud without waiting to yature te artery
the surgeon placed her in the ambulance hurried to
the hospital There the bandages were removed and
the broken pieces Of bone taken away with forccps
The flow Of blood continued, and IL only after long
AMI diigert search that the bleeding points could be
found The ball seemed to have punctured tue same
artery in number OF places and as the flesh ragged
and badly torn, and the position OF the injury gave
surgeon little to work I'm, than the usual time
passed before the boodyessel could be tied After tho
bleeding ceased and the wound had been washed and
dressed the patient pat into a cot sho had lost q
large amount Of blood pale and appeared to be
emaciated, but wifl careful nursing and By keeping
quiet she had every chance in favor OF recovering,
She had been III the hospital for a week. was getting
along wcl gaining strength, and able to sit up in
her cot, whom there an unexpected change in her
It was late at night The doctors all gone to
bed The clocks licked drowsy In the wards and tho
sound mingled with the groaus OF the patients sud
den pain darted through their bodies The only persons
stirring were the nurses, who fitting here and
there in the dmy lighted wards. giving medicine and
attending TO their appointed tasks. All else was silent
the loud Changing gong that intervals was heard
In the reception-roOm below announcing new arrival
at the hospital As the ngrs in going the rounds after
midnight. came TO the cot on which Bridget Connolly
was sleeping she stopped suddenly and moved closer 20
the sleeping wOman's head. a charge had come over
tie patients face. IL was stamped bY the seal of ap
proachine death. The pulled down the belcothe
10 listen to the heart and If life entirely extinct
and the OF the sudden change the pationrs ap
pearducc was made manifest. Down the woman's neck
he on her sla cll,
her hearts blood and a large spot on tue pill
low told that it had been flowing for
long slime secondary hemOrrhage had set in and
from all III ications tho would be dead before
daylight The nurse summoned Dr. 5. H. PinkortOn the
attending surgeon Upon reaching the paticlt he re-
moved the badggc her face. Sho was unconscious
AMI the unnatural plor of cOuntenance in contrast
with tc red bOOi upon her neck and the pillow beneath
her head made gha,iy ght the ckering gaslight.
She had no Puso or 1t faint to be inpercept
bic. Her body cold to the touch and tue clanmy
dew OF dissolution upon her forehead. Tie heart
coud just be heard, aud it hutter as II every
beat WIS to be- the last Her chest did not move in
breathing and the air med to stick IN the throat and
not enter the lungs and 1t The opinion OF the surgeon
that she would live only short time Bat he about
to save her life II possible.
HypoderLic iuJcc,.o Of whisEcy were given ia o
arm and chest at frcqacut intervals. Warm bottles and
clothes applied different parts OF the body and
the paeas feet wcreeevated her head and body
wha fluids thcrH the body in,o tho
vital organs. While these being taken TO
excite the heart ANA the body. the surgeon was
king the accraed artery In the jaw where the hem0r.
rhase had come from. lie found after much liGculty
Tic heart beat low lhat bleeding pouts show
ing where the artery was open could not be There
poWJr enough in the heart force the blood
the body a, the artery fouudan incisOn
made and 1t was tied so 10 electuay stop
the hemorrhagc. The patient did not rally under t5
M M affa
They gwen pentifuy, but the heart still
continued to nutter il undetermined whether quit
work or BEGIN anew. The DAlOr on the patients face
pcned green shade, and her body grew colder
steadily. Her mouth open and her eyes dxed and
CLASSY. At tine, her breath would stop and the
would bend anXoUSly her to see If she was
dead. Alter moment OF suspense she would
give little sigh. and then 90 OF family
breathing before. Becoming satisfied after persistent
trial that the ordinary treatment given IN cases wucre
patient exhausted from continued heAorrnage
measures as under the existing coniitons tHe wosHS
would surely die Some water was obtained that was a
few degrees higher in temperature than the human
body. sufficient sat was dissolved in this to make a
strong solution. The surgeon lad determined upon a
TRANSMISSION but instead OF akng tho blood from another
person to inject INTO tie body OF the patient nc Intended
TO use the salt and water
While the Nurse held the right OF the woman fixed
and steady an inclslon was made IN t ono and half
bchcs loug. following the course OF the rad ar;ery.
The flesh beng turned aside the artery exposed 10
view, and II appeared to be in state of collapse
probe was Inserted underneath II ami IL was elevated
ugatuc thrown around the lower portion OF IT,
which it was puncturci by pointed instrument \
au,r had been warmed. for about TWO inches ana held
IA position 10y the attendant The surgeon making
that the solution OF salt and water OF the proper
tmperaturc took an ordinary DayidsOn's syringe and
hea It Win the lqlt alter the syringe had been thor
pressing the bulb that whatever in
he syringe would be expelled the point OF the nozzle
was Inserted In the sn.f tur and the salt and water
was forced artery .,.,nst the action tie
c9h run of into % the r,t brnch Of the riia se Artery
into and through the caparies and
hudl way TO the heart mixed with the small amouh6
Of blood that .r was In dGn the body {otyn Any mp9h
cnplarics that ithcrc was 10 danger Of even the
lunutest particle OF foreign matter getting 10 the
when reached thc heart that appeared to be-
como excited and oppose tho admission OF an intruder
the circulation that was Immediately followed bya
action and il was thought that the laiient had died
larger quantities the heart seemed TO take kindly t.
stopped Its hutering movement ana sent IL tlnging
through the arteries as Il 1t good healthy blood. The
injection WAS kept mp slowly and steadily for fully five
minutes until about twcEty-fonr ounces were trans
fused A the volume OF liquid IN the body increased tho
took fresh courage and gradually boat stronger
until the time when the Injection stopped. good
dc grec OF artcral tension established and the pulse
was manifest at the wrist. soon after the circulation lad
been established the heart beat more rapidly than nor
nal. II making up Tot lost time, ana the body srdua
ly became warmer. until IL felt natural to the touch
She became conscious soon after the operation had
heeu finished She had no kno~cdge OF what had heen
going and loOkc around H. f0hder upon tAc dOto'
HE assistant aud the nurses The patient was ehteme-
Is weak for several days after the operation nut me
that she took asSiuulated quicAy ana $40
mndea speedy recovery. ., ..,..,
bls IL the r, successful Of artcral TRANSMISSION
I'm bellevue Hos ita I the old method of blood trans
the blood taken from onc D0d was oiced INTO inc
wins OF another In the present method tho solution or
st and ,cr forced uI0 IN artery against the action
rf the heart and acts much que er than the blood lt
r,s formerly supposed that ia" patient was bonrhted
~ 1hc nourishmcnt In tho blood transiuscd Nov it Is
oieycJ tion,h il ia not thoroughly demonstrated hat
ne heart stimulated by acral tension and thI one
innoruOus fluid Is As good aSahothcr.
4 NOTED SWTNDLER AT HIS OLD GANEs
The notorious Tip Lirtle one OF the best