The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-04
F0RMALIN'S new USE.
successfully Tested In a Case
of Blood Poisoning.

INTO Her veins-There was an I'M
,,..a ImDrOvement-H Tenn
o.ure Marked los.
uho+ is regarded by many physi-
-. &c one of the most important
a,oo, discoveries of the day has
'on made by DR.. Charles G. Barrows,
a rrpecologist, who is one of the visit
| musicians to Bellevue hospital, in
=, York and has been connected
A. +bot institution for sixteen years.
porolutionizing the method of treat
blood noison, DIR. Barrows' specific
for sncb it may Defends to rob that
,oosp Of its terrors and, some mem
We of the medical fraternity believe,
hi proye most valuable in other NAL
Iios that usually have a fatal result,
rO tbe New York Herald. The one
font whom DR.. BarSws has treated
his new method was at the point of
nth when he was called in. Now she
practically well.
Pv destroying the bacteria that Gre
blood poisoning does DR.. Barrows
flo the disease. To do this he es-
ows the use Of medicines and injects
o the patients veins weakened So
tion of what is known as formalin.
lis is a 10 per cent solution of for
hehyde gas in water. This gas,
btch is an oxidation of methyl alco-
has strong germicidal qualities, be-
stronger than carbolic acid and
IN slightly inferior to corrosive sub
nate. Formalin, it's solution in wa
is a powerful antiseptic and is fire.
emily applied outwardly in surgery.
years it has been used as a pre-
native for food products.
h his observation of the many cases
blood poisoning which came under
notice DR.. Barrows arrived at the
cusiOn it was absolutely necessary
destroy the bacteria If the disease
to be fought successfully. In his
rch for an agent by which the end
ght be gained he thought of for
LIN, and a careful study convinced
it might be employed efficaciously,
b no harm to the patient.
ie found his first opportunity of put
bis theory to the test in Bellevue
pital. Alice Bentley, a negress,
Pnty-six years old, was taken to the
tuition on Christmas day suffering
blood poisoning. She had fallen
FnStairs a month before, injuring
Self severely. When she entered
hospital, her temperature was 1O4.3
rees and her pulse was 124. After
birth Of baby she had a severe
and her temperature was 105 de-
eS' She was transferred to the
geological ward and her tempera-
Increased to 1868 degrees. She
anne worse daily. and when DR..
lows was called in, on Jan. 2, she
Faed to be at the point of death. She
SemicOmatose and was muttering
Pherently. Her respiration was rap
'n labored, her pulse ranged from
10 l60 and her temperature was
uegrees. Never had a person in
a condition been known to re-
e..
was reported to DR.. Barrows that
zee 80 small portion of the pa
~ blood had been drawn from her
ana that DR.. Buxton, a bacteriol-
connected with the Cornell Med
"ege, had made q culture, which
"eu the presence of the virulent
'ra OF septicamia, or streptOcocci.
Ndu blood poisoning in its most
eN' form. Into one of the large
VI the right arm DR.. Barrows
r." inject one liter of formalin So
= Vi the strength of one part of
.''h to 5000 parts of water. but
'OLnans delirium and restlessness
'nS a difficult operation and
quantlty of the formalin was
aoout 800 centimeters of the So
undlng its way into the circula-
result was such as to make the
l'anS marvel. The temperature
roSt immediately. and the pulse
= ah instantaneous improvement.
"Aunued, and at 9 O'Clock the
-0'ulng, sixteen hours after the
w. The temperature was 101 de-
Instead Of 10S, and the pulse had
Nom 100 to 104. But as the day
~e temperature rose to 1924
q. @ud then fell again until it was
Ihe next day the patient,
eeneral condition had improved,
lapse and her temperature re-
lO3 degrees.
uay after the injection another
Iiture was made, and it was
1, at none of the bacteria was
Thus encouraged. DR.. Bar
'ue another injection of the
INTO the woman's left arm,
e OF $50 cubic centimeters.
49, ,Ie temperature fell to the nor
at no time thereafter did it
eIIally. Two days after this
olood culture was made, and
via were absent. The woman
ro suUAValescent rapidly, and now
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