The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-12
TRANSFUSING BLOOD.
SOME CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS m TING
DIRECTION.
Animals Brought 10 Life Which Have iseen
Dead for Hours- Reconsideration Com
-plete and the Subjects Con-
thine in Good Health.


flames l. Finch in Denver EcwsI
The subject op,ratal upon was = me linn,
sized terrier dog. It was securely tied an
an incison made in an artery in his neck.
by which the animal was bled to death He
passed through all the symptoms
OF dying, and soon after tie last blood is
sued from the wound his frame became fixed
AMI rigid, ana his eyes showed the Senseless
glare Of death. The room was kent IF
temperature Of 10 degrees Fahrenheit while
the dog lay for three hours dead. By this
time he hal become very stiff and cold He
was now placed IN warm water bath that
was constantly maintained at a talnperatl.r,
OF l15 degrees, and was continually ani
thoroughly rubbed, and as he became nil
ant his limbs were gently worked about and
bis whole body rendered supple, 4 half
pint of hot water was now passed into his
stomach through q hard rubber tube that
was forced down his uSophaguS. When this
was accomplished, the mouth of n rubber
tube, attached to a bellows. was introduced
INTO his Windpipa, and as the bellows were
provided with double valve by which the
ar could be withdrawn as Wen as inhaled
the dogs nose was securely fastened up
e. large and powerful Newfoundland dog
t4a5 had heen obtained for the purpose had
been tied near by, and was now blel, while
tb2 attending surgeon proceeded to adjust
tae traaStd aug apparatus, and began to
slowly inject the ike dog, blool into the
Gead ore. simultaneously Mr.. ArmitaGa
began slowly working the respiratory bel
lows, "hH2 | k"pe rubbing the animal and
tending his Hals and body to facilitate cir
culatioa. We could not have been more
arN'ou about tAe issuo Of our efforts if they
hal ic2a made on "A human being instead
. tumh brute, " hen pint Of fresh blood
'2l t"1A laJactcd, could see some
charge alagl tie eyes OF the dog. But no
one poke Oaa Thought was common TO all
would lie come back In few moments
moro there va certainty a convulsive ire
rlIre noticeable IN the body. Mr.. Armitaga
III GndisSui-ci eXci,eineny SAID to the sur
seen, "ire>s the b.o'A' In minute or two
the deg Et>p,, aHi soon attempts TO eject Jae
respiratory tube which was accordingly
WL.il.iraNn This wa followed by gasps ana
"a ca,eHln : %. th9 breath, While the eyes grow
brighter eAa more natural The rubbing
2E' blood injecting wore Yet applied. and
the dog was struggling as if in a
iit. But his ,Gort5 soon became
less violent and ho begins q low whine. A
compress was now placed on the artery, and
III twenty-five minutes after the first blood
was injected, he sis Up after having been
dead three hours and twenty minutes The
Gog then drank broth that had been pre-
pared for him ia case of his revival, and
soon got up, and walked about lie was furn-
ishod comfortable bed near the stove, and
from this time forward his recovery was So
rapid that IN Two days he was turned out to
rCu the street. lie Is now rugged chaTac
ten IN good health, with seemingly no bad
remembrance Of his resurrection.
The second case was tested on tho second
day OF December. The subject selected was
call SIX weeks Old. The details of treat
lncnt were similar to the foregoing, except
for greater convenience hot yapor bath
was substituted for the warm water immor-
sion. The calf, after being biad to death,
was left for twelve hours before its resus.
citation was undertaken, IS it was desirable
to see if a longer death interval could be
successfully passed over The fresh blood
injected into its circulatory system was
drawn from a yearling steer. 1t required
tEirtyfve minutes TO restore the calf to life
after the TRANSMISSION Of the first blood. The
calf then drank soma warm milk, AMI has
since grown and thriven without porcepti
Bile interruption or ail,nant
The next experiment was Of q different
character, ard was made with view to Sc,
If drowned animal could herestored TO life
A small dog was forced under water and
| drowned He was then taken out AMI laid
with his head inclined downward to Grai.
lis lungs Of water, and left for four hour
| III n warm room. 1t will be noticed t!,at
| this was quite different and mere bopale.,
| case than the preceding, as the dog had al
his own blood yet in his veins After al
hour in tAe warm bath. and constant rub