Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-29

The surgeons thumb rested upon the
right ventricle, the other fingers of his
hand had sought and found the base of
the right auricle.
TO you who nave followed the lee
lures of the classes it is but necessary to
suggest the purpose of this said DR..
Tutlier, as he paused an instant. Prom
the right auricle, on which my fingers
rest, the blood, during life, passes to the
right auricle, upon which my thumb is
placed. Thence it is borne by the pull
monary artery into the lungs. The blood.
arterialized by the lungs, is returned to
airy veins. Thence it goes from the left
auricle into the left ventricle, and is
thence distributed by the aorta and it's
TRIBUTARIES to every part of the body.
That is the system of circulation in the
adult. i
at is my purpose, by compressing the
right auricle with my fingers, to force
blood into the lungs and to set in motion
again the whole mechanism of life. n
Watch" H.
A slight contraction of the surgeons
wrist marked the inception of this, the
most daring experiment ever tried upon
man. II
Next instant those watching saw Dr..
Tuffier,s thumb sink slowly and evenly,
into the muscle of the heart. 1t rose; 1T
fell again. 80. .r
There came a futter of the half
raised eyelids. A little jet of blood
trickled from under a pair of forceps.
One of the assistants readjusted the for
ceps more tightly upon, the vein 1T
guarded. II
Don't crowd"' warned an authorita-
tive voice. ADJ
Color crept into the ashy cheek of the
thing that a minute before had been a
dead man; intelligence came into the
faded eye. There was a quick, almost
explosive movement of the breast, and
before the eyes of the spell-bound STU
dents the play of the lungs beg>~i.
Steadily and rhythmically the fingers
and thumb Of DR.. Tuffier kept up their
work. The surgeons fingers We're taking
the place of the mans heart-Was doing
for his body what it was too weak to do
for itself. A little froth came from the
lips of the man who had been prove
dead. A nurse wiped it away.
Then came the clear voice of the
surgeon:
What is our name, my MANI"
From beneath the set teeth there came
a voice as of one a great way off:
"Jeau," is said slowly. Jean Soulie.
And l.
The voice faltered and died away.
There has been no cessation of the
movements of the surgeons hand, though
perspiration stood out upon his forehead.
The heart muscle is a powerful one, and
to stimulate its action takes force.
D you feel pain?" demanded the sur
geOn.
There was no answer in words, but the
head OF Jean Soulie moved slowly back
and forth. Distress showed upon the face
of DR.. Tuffier.
II annot keep this up much longer" he
murmured to his assistant. MY hand Is
getting tired out"
Suddenly DR.. TufIier withdrew his hand.
For nearly a minute the heart could be
seen to beat almost normally, then it
slowed down, slackened. A film came
over the eyes of lean Soulie, there was a
last slow heave of the chest, and again a
subject" lay upon a hospital bed.
A murmur of mingled horror and Won
der rose from those who stood about the
bed, but it was stilled in an instant when
DR.. Tuffier placed his right hand again
in the cavity, while at the same time he
placed his left upon the apex of his heart.
This time" he said, Il shall try to put
the heart into better action and to keep
it going longer. I may say at once that it
would be possible to preserve life for per-
haps a year in this young man If the
necessary mechanical appliances We're at
hand. AS they are not he must, perforce,
be permitted to die again."
Once more the manipulators OF the
heart began, and once more life crspt
back to the face of Jean Soulie. Again
he answered when asked his name and
some other questions. He said that he
felt no pain from the wound in his side,
but showed a disposition to cough If the
under surface of the lung was touched.
For two hours DR.. Tuffier was able to
keep up the manipulatfons, and for just
as long as the blood circulated through
the body of Jean Soulie and he lived.
At the end of that time DR.. Tufier, ut
terly tired out, reluctantly withdrew his
hands, and Jean Soulie's life went from
him, this time not to be revived.