The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-26
THOMAS sULLIvay IMPROVED.


 Dr. Russell Did Not Find 1t Necessary to
 Perform Another Operation Last Eyen-
 ing.
 Thomas H. Sullivan. who has been iy- ing critically iil at his home. 3i Red field street. with an attack of cholera. was reported late last evening as much improved.
 Late last night Dr, Reilly stated that Mir. suilivan's condition was much im- proved and strong hopes were enter tained of his ultimate recovery. Dur Ing the evening he had been able to take some nourishment in the natural way. This he had been unable to do through out the day. but was kept alive by means of hypodermic injections of whis- key. About 9 o'clock he took little champagne and was able to retain 1t on his stomach. This Is an encouraging symptom. as all through the day he was absolutely unable to retain any thing. About 5:30 o'clock last evening he was moved from one bed to another. Another encouraging sign is the fact that last night his pulse had gone down to 1l2 from 12S in the morning and his temperature was 100. Drs. Reilly and Russell are very much encouraged at the change for the better in their pa tient and are hopeful of his pulling through all right.
 All the physicians are of the opinion that the case Is one of cholera. Al though a number of the symptoms are lieved by Drs. Russell and Reilly that Mir. Sullivan is suffering from that dread disease. They are of the opinion that the case is one of aggravated chol- era. Dr. M. A. Cremin. who was called in consultation early yesterday fnorn- ing, said that the symptoms in this case were in every respect identical with those of Asiatic cholera and that they were similar to those of g. man named Sheridan who died in Eagle street about ten years ago and who was at- tended by Dr. Cremin. Two cases sim liar to that of MT. Sullivan have oc- cured in New Haven In recent years. In both the patients recovered, although at one time life appeared to have fled.
 At Il o'clock last night Drs. Reilly and Russell held consultation and decided that their patient was much improved. It was stated later by Dr. Reilly that he did not anticipate that either of them would be called upon dur ing the night and that if Mr. Sullivan continued to hold his own and suffered no relapse the chances for his recovery were bright.
 Dr. Russell visited him last evening and found him so much improved that 1t was not necessary to perform another operation. Dr. Russell said that if the operation had not been performed when 1t was he would have been a dead man in half an hours time.
 The news of MT. Sullivan's illness was exclusively stated in the Journal and Courier yesterday morning, and when Dr. T. H. Russell arrived at 3 o'clock it did notcappear as though Mr. Sullivan would live an hour. He was in comatose condition, his body was cold and rigid and the pulse could not be detected at the wrist. To all ap- pearances MT. Sullivan was apparently dead. In cases of this kind, 50 it was explained yesterday morning, there, Is 8 separation of the, water from the blood in the body, which causes circu- lation to cease and the heart to fail death being the natural result. This had gone so far in MT. Sullivan's case that 1t had naturally brought him to the con- dition which he was in when Dr. Rus sell was summoned, the only apparent existence of life being detected by plac- ing the ear to the'heart, where its fiut- terings could be distinctly heard. The operation of infusion, therefore, is sim ply that of infusing into the blood the ingredients which had been separated from it by the process of the disease, or in other words the injection into the veins of a saline solution known as chloride of soda. This Dr. Russell performed and opening vein he in- jected into the system eight pints of the solution.
 Within a short time after the opera tion there was perceptible change for the better, but how long it would con- tinue was a matter of conjecture, for the physicians could not anticipate what the result would be after the stim- ulating effects of the solution had worn off