The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-06-01
IN LIFE CAN Be SAVED
-, TIER RESTORES THE
II nv SIMPLE MEANS.
o,ts on Animals Leads Sur
III, ~ Relieve Method Equally
4 ,IicabIe to Humans.

II TO Beile'0
,nDIicable to Humans
samuel ,,rn J. Meltzer of the Rock
Institute for Medical Re
IN the course of recent expe-
to discover a successful
of artificial respiration re-
- life two animals which ne
a.o5 10 be put to death in the
occeptance of the term.
covered entirely. He be-
.ho method to be equally ap-
70 man and urges that it be
~ al cases of death; for it is
possible, he asserts, that in
~ death from acute illness the
cause of death might be only
mporary nature.
laboratory worker, whose
.tior is International, is known
,.n+is+s as an extremely con-
1--WE man. His positive state
therefore, regarding the re-
If his latest discovery have
ID 2 stir in scientific circles.
q certain that Dr.. Meter has
ID a method of artificial respi-
tenfoId more efficient than the
ones; and it is expected that it
he the means of saving count
lives It is called pharyngeal
nation and is described in
ninary note issued from the de-
nept of physiology and pharma-
" of the Rockefeller Institute
Medical Research and printed in
Journal of the American Medi-
association.
How He Does 1t.
kiefy, the method consists of the
bduction of a catheter into the
|sfynx, pulling out the tongue,
sai ne the back part of the tongue
S.pst the roof of the mouth by
sure applied far back under the
putting a weight on the abdo-
81 to keep air from being forced
Is the stomach, connecting the
letter with a bellows, and pump
air into the lungs. With very
Tia instruction the layman can
#En these methods as readily as a
kiCian. DR.. Meltzer gives this ex-
III alton of his reasons for begin
u the experiments which already
- given such promising results.
Serving on the Commission on
uscitation from Electric Shock,
Hpinted by the American Medical
pCiation, became Interested in
81 problem and began to study its
ntion eXperimentally. 1 now have
Sons to believe that l have al
~ attained very promising re-
s Without discussing the Ques-
d whether the method which l
" developed should and would be
commended by the commission as
one which promises the best re-
rs it seemed to me advisable to
Rent it early to the medical pro-
Mon.
8Ihe method was studied and
pd efficient on four species of an
rs. But its real usefulness viii
established only after standing
test in its application on human
egs, and the final judgment will
i to come from the physician and
from the experimenter in the
pratory."
Searching for the Remedy.
lhe commission referred to by
Meter was appointed to find a
'eF means of saving life in facto-
and other Industrial plants
n artificial respiration was the
'plIeu procedure. It's purposes
i described fully in the Times
T. \ It's organization was perfected
H IN the present year.
ne majority of DR.. Metzer's ex-
'luentS were carried on with ami
IL which respiration had been
!1ed oy means of poison named
IT, Here are some of his gen
.emarks concerning the expert
p"' emitting, however, the de-
me methods have been develop
p..l. sufficiently tested by expert
"loh on four species of ami
DLmuogs, cats, rabbits and two
.neyS. The most extensive series
APeflments were carried on cats
uosS' Since the chief object of
y, eguuy was to find a method of
lung y, efficient artificial respira-
~, It was best to study the eff |
II II Qi the methods on animals in |
n M me normal respiration was
, Stiioeely abolished, while other |
I NJ were but little impaired.
io n9 experiments were therefore |
,'u out chiefly on curarized ami |
,, oil Of which received morphine |
o oo.ue also receiving ether. With !
S{e .,g on details I may state |
NM eileHy' that in all animals, F.!
1o GI exception, either of the two
bo I "a, was all sufficient to keep
lais ives I'VE. OF completely curarized