Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-04
Adrenalin, New Remedy
For Heart Failure

New York. March 10 Heart failur"
may at least be dealt with effectively.
\ man Or woman stricken suddenly.
Collapsing without apparent reason.
may be saved II properly treated with
the proper remedy AZ least such Is
the theory of DR.. George Grille. an
nounCed TO the Boston Medical Society
lie has been conducting some special
experiments bearing upon the quos-
ton OF the sudden collapse of persons
not suffering with heart disease les
pccially during surgical operationsl
and claims Ia have found Il specific
which will restore the circulation Of
the blood and bring the sufferer back
70 perfectly normal health In the sub
stance called adrCnalin. which Is moth
ing but the sccrctions of the glands
over the kidneys. extracted chemically.
The discovery OF Or. Grille Is coin
Cideut with the announcement OF DR..
Sajous Of Philadelphia. that 1t Is
through the action OF this secretion
that the blood absorbs the oxygen from
the air and transfers II to the tissues
OF the body.
Or. Grille announces the efficacy OF
adrenalin In restoring the circulation
Of blood when for some reason II has
ceased To flow through the veins and
arteries as Il should. Hut Or Grille h
revolutionary also In his study Of
"shoak" and collapse" two forms Of
sudden death hitherto attributed to
heart failure. Dr Critic has reached
the conclusion that the yaso-motor
center becomes exhausted IN a com
plcte shock. II, then. the shock be- only
Il breakdown OF The vase motor center.
the stimulanis usually administered
must be considered Strychnine was
found OF no value In forty-eight expert
ments. In fact. II was found that the
after-effeCts of strychnine were to make
the shock still greater. Nitro-glycerin
was only temporary In It's effect.
Dr. Grille then Experimental with the
saline solution. Of which 80 much has
been said and written. and found that
II was purely n mechanical aid To cir
culation. and. while temporarily in
creasing the blood pressure, II finally
causes death by interfering with res
piration. ON the other hand. IL was
found that In the normal animal In any
degree of shock. adrenalin caused u
marked. even an enormous, rise in tho
blood pressure
A dying patient has been kept alive
for nine hours by continuous admin
istering of adrenalin. Thus II appears
that In adrenalin DR.. Grille has found
q substance which Will prevent many
a patient about to die from shock he.
meath the surgeons knife from so dy'
ing. ana give surgeons a chance IA
overcome the momcntaiy lack Of vi
tality and restore the vital spark OF one
who would have otherwise died.
DR.. Grille also conducted some eXper'
lments dealing with what he terms
collapse" where there Is a suddeT
fall OF blood pressure from hemor
rhage, from injuries 10 the vaso.mOtol
center, or from failure OF the heart Il
act. Here II Is merely suspension O
function, rather than u haustion o
Centers. that must be dealt with. Her,
stimulants may be of some value, cleo
trio burning or the use of a saline solu
ton, But suppose the animal Is ap
paTently dead, the heart suspended II
operation. Blood pressure must theI
be controlled.