The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-09
TRANSFUSING BLOOD.
SOME CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN THIS
DIRECTION.
Dead for Hours Reconsideration Com
piete and the Subjects Con-
time in Good Health.
James L. Finch in Denver Nevs.l

james l. Finch in Denver News
The subject operated upon was medium
sized terrier dog 1t was securely tied, and
an incision made in an artery in his neck,
by which the animal was bled TO death. He
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. The room was kept at a
temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, while
the dog lay for three hours dead. BY this
time he had become very stiff and cold. He
was now placed in a warm water bath that
was constantly maintained at a temperature
of los degrees, and was continually and
thoroughly rubbed, and as he became pill
ant his limbs were gently worked about and
his whole body reT&ered supple a half
pint of hot water was now passed into his
stomach through hard rubber tube that
was forced down his 9sophagus. When this
was accomplished the mouth of a rubber
tube, attached to a bellows, was introduced
into his windpipe, and as the bellows vera
provided with double valve, by which the
air could be withdrawn as well as inhaled,
the dogs nose was securely fastened IN.
A large and powerful Newfoundland dog
that had been obtained for the purpose had
been tied near by. and was now bled while
the attending surgeon proceeded to adjust
the transfusing apparatus, and began 10
slowly inject the live d0-'s blood into the
dead one. simultaneously Mr.. Armitage
began slowly working the respiratory bel
lows while l kepU rubbing the animal and
bending his limbs and body to facilitate cir.
culatiOn. We could not have been mcF0
anxious about the issue of our efforts if they
bad been made on a human being instead
At a dumb brute. When pint of fresh blood
had been injected, 7 could see some
change about the eyes of the dog But no
one spoke. One thought was common to all
would life come backs In a few moments
more there was certainly a convulsive ire
more noticeable in tue body. Mr.. Armitage
ia undisguised exeter ent said to the sur
geon, press the blood" In a minute or two
the dog gasps, and soon attempts to eject the
respiratory tube, which was accordingly
withdrawn. This was followed by gasps and
u 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 as If in a
1T But his Efforts soon became
less violent, and he begins q low whine A
compress was now placed on the artery, and
in twenty-five 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 pre-
pared for him in case of his revival, and
soon got up, and walked about. he was furn-
ished comfortable bed near the stove, and
from this time forward his recovery was 50
rapid that in two days he was turned out to
rlln the streets. He is now a rugged charac-
tor in good health, with seemingly no bad
remembrance of his resurrection.
Tue 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 VarGS bath
was substituted for the warm water INNER
sion. The calf, after being bled to death,
was left for twelve hours before its resus-
citation was undertaken, as it was desirable
TO see if longer death interval could be
passed over. The fresh blood
injected into its circulatory system was
drawn from a yearling steer. 1t required
thirty-five minutes to re-tOre the calf to life
after the TRANSMISSION Of the first blood. The
cali then drank some warm milk, and has
since grown and thriven without peTcepti-
BILE interruption or ailment
The next experiment was of a different
character, and was made with a view to see
ii drowned animal could be restored to life
a small dog was forced under water and
drowned. He was then taken out and laid
with his head inclined downward to drain
his lungs of water, and left for four hours
in warm room. 1t VIII be noticed that
this quite a 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 veins wsre opened at
three different points to admit of the escape
Of any blood that might issue from them,
and TIE injecting apparatus was vigorously
applied to the arterial system After fifty
minutes Of anxious labor, signs of revivii-
cation were Observable. The poor beast
whined piteously as life was being once more
'nthrOned within him Notwithstanding
5reat care was taken of him, he remained
weak for several days, but seems now to hs
n good condition.
a fourth case was recently tried in which
tyre CG la ~ was strangled
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