The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-16
FOR LAUDANUM POISON,
A Quart of Black Blood Removed and a

A quart Of Black Blood Removed an
 Equal Quantity of Brine Injected.
 With his respiration but five in five minutes we saved him."
 The speaker was Dr. Albert D. Black burn, chief of the medical staff at the Presbyterian Hospital. The man re- ferred to had been brought there by the patrol wagon several weeks ago nearly dead from the effects of q quantity of laudanum which he had swallowed with suicidal intent, but who now, thinks to the sudden thought, or, more likely, the inspiration which seized Dr. Blackburn, when all the usual methods were failing to restore consciousness and death seemed but a moment to finger is | mighty glad that the breath of life still | fingers in his breast.
 For hours we worked with him" continued the doctor. 'We applied the | stomach pump, but the blood had ab- 1 sorbed the poison. We tried other meth. | ods. We worked assiduously, almost | frantically. Reluctantly we were forced | to acknowledge that we could get no re- sults for the patient sank lower and | lower. We were at our wits ends. l tHlS llIlG Ol lIUuS IL lQth me: That mans respiration is but five in five minutes; he is practically dead. The stomach pump will do no good, for the blood has absorbed the poison and is pregnant with it. The only way to N get 1t out of the system is to bleed him, to deprive him of the very essence Of l life, in order to give him life? Then I thought blood is largely saline solu- tion; we can prepare like solution with the proportions the same and in- l ject this into the body to take the place of the polson-filled blood. The body will do the rest it will assimulate the solu- tion and make it blood.
 The chance was a desperate one, but I the circumstances called for it. So we bled the man, and the two pints which we let out were as black as ink, so preg- nant with the poison was it. Quickly we injected an equal quantity of the saline solution; then with our anxiety at a high tension we stood around to watch and await results.
 Once we thought we detected a slight increase Of respiration. but we dare not trust too much. A few min utes later we were sure of it. Slowly the respiration began to rise and slowly but surely the organs began to once more resume their functions. Still we watched, fearing a relapse. None came
 Then, at last, the man was out of danger. He stayed under our care for a few days, and when we sent him away he had totally recovered from the effects of the poison which he had put into his system. To-day he is hale and hearty man"
 It is highly probable that this method of overcoming poison is novel one
 No one seems to know of any like in- stances. At least, several reputable physicians of this city, when seer
 yesterday, said that no case of a simi- lar nature had ever come under then notice, nor were they aware that suct a method had ever been applied witt
 success before. However that may be
 the method is undoubtedly an efficacious
 one, and will probably be the means o1 saving the lives of many people wht have swallowed deadly potions ac
 cidentally or with desire Ito takt
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