The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-22
Mrs. Bradley Develops New
Mental Traits After
A DIFFICULT OPERATION
Hospitals Doctors Pu11led-woman Has
Fresh Ideals Now and Has Ac-
CURED the Likes and Dislikes
Of Her Husband.

persons mental traits may be com
pletcly reyolutionized By artificial
means seems TO be answered Affirm.
atiyciy in the case Of Mrs. Anna Brad.
Icy now in st. James hospital here.
After quantity Of her husbands
blood was infused into her veins, a
month ago, she underwent complete
mentl change and besides losing or
abandoning her own former mental at.
tributes she has acquired all of the
mental peculiarities Of her husband.
The matter, which viii be the sub.
jeet for discussion at the next meeting
Of the Essex County Medical society,
opens all manner OF possibilities. The
doctors at St. James already believe
that they detect slight change in the
voice Of Mrs. Bradley. She formerly
spoke with little strength, but now her
atteranees are forcefu and in lower
key.
The case is one Of the strangest which
has come TO the medical authorities OF
the east for many years. Mrs. Bradley,
the weak. anaemic wife Of the prosper.
Gus, healthy, and strong business man
of Newark, living at 10 Grove street,
VAS found several weeks ago to be SUI.
ftring from a tumor. IL was deter
mined that she would die unless Teliev-
cd OF the tumor. but when she reached
ST. James hospital the surgeons refus
cd 10 operate on her saying that the
ttmor had made such progress that
practically all Of her strength had been
apped by it. The only chance she
had was 10 get fresh supply Of blood.
Her husband. strong and healthy,
volunteered, and while he lay beside
lis wife on the operating table on July
Il pint OF his blood passed from his
wrist through a silver tube and into
his wife's wrist.
Until then Mrs. Bradley has been a
morose, Respondent woman, who saw
LITTLE cheer in this world. She was Of
quiet disposition and did not care fol
the gayeties Of lite. She seldom laugh
cd. She did not care for amusements.
Also she was partial TO dark purple and
dead slate. or dark brown, as col
ors. She abhored bright colors, and es-
pecially strong was her antipathy to
4 green Her husband was OF gay dis.
position He liked amusements. He
was Of a jolly disposition, and very
strong was his taste for green as a
color
/ The doctor paid very little attention
/ 10 Mrs Bradley for three weeks follow
/ ing the TRANSMISSION Of blood. Then,
week ago. when they found her strong
enough to undergo the difficult opera
ton for the removed of the tumor, they
were surprised to note the great change
which had come over her mind. She
was happy almost gay-and she laugh
cd as she assured the doctors she was
ready for the knife. And, strangely
enough. after the operation. she rallied
quickly. and when her husband asked
her what he could do she asked him to
bring her some green plants, some
ferns plants with plenty of green
foliage. She had hated green before.
And since then she has been planning
TO have two green dresses made when
she leaves the hospital, and she has
spoken about the places of amusement
TO which she desires to go, and seems
to have acquired her husbands happy,
almost Joyous disposition. She can
not stand the sight Of sombre purple
now. Her mind seems to have under
gone a complete revolution since her
husbands blood was tranfused into her
veins, and she seems TO have lost her
own former mental characteristics and
to have assumed those Of her husband,
Leading physicians and scientists now
propose to debate the question if a per-
sons mental attributes may not be
completely changed by infusing blood
from a person of different mental
temperament. 1t is now believed from
Mrs Bradley's case that person, es-
pecially child, who has abnormal
mental traits may be corrected through
the injection of different blood blood
from normal person--into the sys-
TEN Of the abnormal person. In that
way it is believed by some now that
criminal tendencies may be corrected
! if not eliminated.