The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-07
Or. Coakley Makes Practical
Test Of Prof. LOsb's Theory.
IT RESTORES LOSS OF BLOOD.
Physician Says the Salt Solution Is efiIca.
cluus In Pneumonia, Iyshoid Fever,
Bfish,'s Disease and Heart Affections.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 7-New lease OF life
is held out to persons suffering from loss
Of blood by disease or injury as the re-
suit OF a discovery given publicity re-
Gently.
AS in the recent discoveries of Professor
Loeb. Of the University OF Chicago, salt
is the vitalizer.
This possible aid to medical and sur
gical science was made after six months
investigation and experiments by DR.. w.
Byron Coakley, living at the Virginia Ho-
tel. and an associate OF DR.. j. u. Muir
ply. His experiments have. II is said
made practicable a new system OF breed
ing and substitution OF salt solutions.
According to physicians, the treatment
may be applied to persons suffering from
pneumonia. typhoid, malarisl fevers, peri
tonitis. acute and chronic Brights dis
ease and all heart affections, resulting
from the last named trouble.
For many menths Or. Coakley has been
experimenting on dogs and other animals
to determine how much blood could be
removed without causing the death OF the
animal, and what is the best way TO re-
place blood that has been lost. He found
that a dog lived after ninety per cent. OF
It's blood had been let out. provided this
blood was promptly replaced by the salt
solution.
EXPERIMENTED WITH DOGS.
DR.. Coakley, in his experiments, used
more than one hundred dogs. In the first
experiments the surgeon began by re-
moving one ounce of blood from one OF
the largest veins of the neck. and replac-
ing IL with a like amount OF normal salt
solution In the same vein. thus avoiding
further mutilation of tissues.
For every additional ounce OF blood that
was drawn a fresh dog was used. The
physician continued these experiments
until in one OF the animals he succeeded
In Withdrawing seventy per cent. OF the
circulation, but found II necessary TO
stimulate the heart and brain directly to
maintain the action of these organs.
To do this he trephined the breast bone
directly over the heart. He also
trephined the skull directly over the juno
ton of several large veins which lie close
TO the nerves that control the heart.
Then an incision was made In the neck
and the external Jugular vein was ex-
posed, into which was thrust trochar,
which was held in place by an assistant
until the sack containing the heart was
drawn to the surface. needle. con-
neCte0 Win the SAT- water apparatus Con-
tanning q two per cent. solution, heated
to 10 degrees Fahrenheit was injected.
Another needle was inserted into the
junction of the large veins which lie close
TO the cardiac centre. and this was at
tached to another solution apparatus.
PROVED ITS WORTH.
Then two per cent, OF the animals
blood was drawn of from its veins and
the full force of salt solution thrown
the brain.
teh brain.
The dog operated upon in the extreme
case ,was a powerfully built canine,
weighing seventy-one and one-quarter
pounds. For half minute the respira-
ton ran down to three to the minute, or
the point of collapse.
Inside OF an hour following the expert
ment the dog was able. II Is said, to be
on its feet for q minute. but could not re-
main standing. The following day the
animal was coaxed to walk about I'm it's
cage. This was the case which. accord
ing to DR.. Coakley, proved the worth OF
salt solutions In extreme cases OF
hemorrhage. no matter from what causes.
He applied the solution to a patient In
a pneumonia case. and the patient. he
says. recovered much earlier than Is US
ual In such cases.