The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-25
POISONING CURED BY BLEEDING
Man Rescued From What Looked Tx.
Death by Novel Experiment.
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es'h py 4 Novel Experiment.
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win his respiration bu; five In five
minutes, We saved him"
nc speaker was DR.. Albert D. Black
Dhrh. uhicf OF the medical STAFF ot .ho
ifcsoyterian Hospital. The man rsfe,, cd
20 mad been brought there In the p,.rol
wagon several week.: a.co nearly dc,d
h.o'il me citects OF quantity of laud-
""un'' "hieh ne had Ewa flowed with sui
ciial intent. but who now thanks 10
the .addcn thought. or. more likely tho
| inspiration, which seized DR.. Blackburn
When all the usual methods were n ,I,nr
10 restore conSciGuSnC,S and death
seemed nut moment 10 lingcr ana Is
ml&atN glad that the breath of life s,.lI
fingers in h,s breast
fpr hours we worked on him" contin-
ueu the doctor 1--WE applied the s1m-
nti' pump, out the blood had absorbed
me poison We tried other methtds We
worked assduouSly, almost f.an:ic,lIv
itctuciah.lN we were forced to acknow-
ledge that We could get no results. fn..
'he patient sank lower and lover. W.
Were AT our wits end. Suddenly The
me OF thought struck me: That mans
respiration Is hut five in five minutes:
he Is practically dead. Thc stomach
pump VIII do no good for the blood has
''ps".Hcu the poison, and Is pregnant
win 1t. The only way To get it out of
me system Is to bleed him, to deprive
MN of the very essence OF life, i'm order
10 give him life. Then, I Thought. blood
Is largely saline solution; we can pre-
pare q Ike solution with the proportions
the same. and inject this into the body
q take The place OF the polls filled
blood. The body will do the rcrt; II win
a&Similatc the solution and make i:
blood.
the chance was desperate one but
Inc circumstances called for it, 81 we
hled the man, and the two pint, which
we let out were as black rs ink, 50 n ee
nant with the poison was It. Quickly
we injected an equal quantity Of the
saline solution; then. with our anxiety
n hiSh tension we stood around 10
watch and await results Once W.
thought we detected slight increase #
respiration, burt we dare not trust to,
much. y few minutes later we were
sure OF it. Slowly the respiration began
TO rise, and slowly but u;cly the organ.
began once more their functions still
we watched, fearing relapse None
came. Then al last the man was out of
danger. He stayed under cur care for
few days, and when we sent him away
he had totally recovered from the effects
OF the poison which ne had put into his
system. To-day ne is a hale and hearty
man
1t is highly probable that this method
or overcoming poison is 4 novel one.
No one seems 20 know OF any like in
stance. AT least several reputab. ply
siciana of this city, when interviewed
said that no case Of a similar nature had
ever come under their notice. nor were
they aware that such a method had ever
been applied with succcas before How
ever that may be, the method Ia I'M
doubtedly an etlicacious one. and will
probably be the means OF saving the
lives of many people who have swallow
ed deadly pu.ions accidentally or with
a desire ITO take arms against a sea of
troubles, and by opposing, end them"