Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-20

To keep hearts going rs long as 90
hours but the fact that DR.. Carrel has
kept the heart Of n chick alive for l2o
dGys is indeed surprising. He started
on this line OF experimentation In his
quest OF "a method Of storing tissues
~extirpated from the amputated limb
of a living animal, or a fresh cadaver
during the period which elapsed bet.
ween their e~xtirpatioa and their trans
plantation OF the patient"
Speaking on this subject, DR.. Carrel
says: 1T would be very convenient
for surgeons to keep In store pieces OF
skin. cartilage, blood vessels, per.
itoneum. bone, and fat ready to be
used. attempted to preserve the
tissues outside of the organism In a
condition OF active or datent life. !
found that the permanent, active life
of the tissues outside Of the organism
was possible. A piece Of chicken
heart pulsated strongly l04 days after
It's e%xtirpation. The color and con-
%Sistency of the tissues remedied gen
orally normal for several weeks. After
SIX, seven, or even ten months the
miscroscopical appearance of the. ar
teries were not markedly modified.
The results obtained by Tuffler,
Magitot. and myself demonstrate that
human tissues preserved in cold stor-
vintage could be used in human sur
gerry, Future Investigations will show
In what measure tissues of infants
should be employed as gratis. The
age could be used In human sur
gerry, as cartilage, p~eriosteum, skin,
and a%poneuroses could easily be taken
in large quantities from fresh cada.
vers OF foetuses and infants and pre-
served in vaseline and in cold stor.
age. ..
"A supply of tissues in latent life
would be constantly ready for use,
and the tubes containing the tissues
could even be sent in small refrigera-
tors OF the type of the thermos bottle
to -
to surgeons who needed them. 1t
would simplify very much transplant
alton Of skin, bone, periosteum, and
aponeuroses, which are more and
more used In human surgery"
Scientists have long been able to
distinguish between most varieties OF
animal blood and human blood, al
though It is said that there is nothing
to distinguish between the blood OF
apes and men. But now a discovery
has been made whereby scientists can
go still further, and by means OF
blood crystals they al not only dis
tinguish the blood of man from that
Of animals, but can distinguish bet.
ween the blood of white mel and
negroes, and even between the blood
crystals of other races of men. 4
Scientists of the University OF
Pennsylvania have discovered this
difference, and it is claimed that this
discovery of so-called "hemoglobin'
clews" will prove as valuable as finger
prints. .. 49,.
That the hemoglibin, or red color.
ing matter of the blood, forms crystals
has been known for the best part OF
a century. Working on this old fact,
DR.. Edward Tyson Reichert, professor
OF physiology In the University OF
Pennsylvania, in association with DR.
Amos Peaslee Grown, professor OF
minera1ogy and geology in the same
institution, and an expert crystal
loghapher, has now made discoveries
of signal moment In the light of which
biologists have begun to revise their
facts I'll. .....I
The practical, apart rom the purely
scientific, value of the discovery is in
relation to murder trials. Some years
ago, a certain test-not depending on
blood crystals-was discovered by
which it is possible to distinguish bet
ween the blood of primates and that
OF other creatures. The blood of man,
ape, and monkey, cannot however be
distinguished from each other by this
test. For this reason, the blood
crystal test is much more active, be
cause with it the differentiation car
be made. .-.u. .
Already DR.. Reichert has discovered
that there is a difference between the
blood of the white man and that OF
the negro, a fact Of immense medico
legal Importance in crime cases where
the negro flourishes. The difference
in the crystals are expressed in their
molecular structure. This structure
can only be studied by the polariz
ing microscope. ... p ..A... .-. ~
~> eccentric John Underwood.