The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-04-15
When Patients Condition
2, Grew Desperate.
TRANSMISSION TO KENTUCKIAN
By New York Specialists
Rather New Process For
This Disease.
THE OPERATION WAS SUCCESS

The Cincinnati Enquirer of Sat
urday says
The veins of John c. G.. Mayo,
Kentucky capitalist, who has been
confined in the Jewish Hospital here
for some time suffering with chronic
Brights disease. are to-day pulsing
with pint of additional warm. rich
blood transfused from the arm Of
his brother. Washington Mayo. The
TRANSMISSION was made under the
the direction of DR.. Charles l.. Slade
and DIR. Lindman, blood specialists,
of New York, and Dr " r. WIKI
inson, of Cincinnati. after it was
found that the patients vitality was
slowly ebbing away and his own
blood becoming impoverished and
anaemic.
The TRANSMISSION was effected at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon. when
the patients pulse was far below
normal and his temperature was
101. This morning at l o'clock DR..
Wilkinson, his attending physician,
gave out the following bulletin
The TRANSMISSION was undoubted-
ly a success, and Mr.. Mayo is now
resting very we'll, with normal
pulse and temperature, something
he has not experienced in many
weeks. The change was perceptible
in a few hours, and while | do not
think it will be necessary, we will
to-day transfuse additional blood If
he appears to need il.
Following conference yesterday
morning when it was decided by
the specialists that Il TRANSMISSION
was necessary. Washington Mayo. a
brother of the patient, who is large
normal, healthy man. offered him
self to the physicians. The pint
of blood taken from his veins
yesterday appeared not to affect him
in any way and he stated last night
that he was willing to continue the
experiment as long as the physicians
would use him.
The experiment will be watched
with a great deal of interest by the
patients friends, who have been
greatly concerned about him, and by
the medical fraternity, inasmuch as
fan 81 il a.
unusual in the treatment of Bright's
disease.
Operation n Success.
Cincinnati. April 1.-THE cOndi-
ton of John c. c. Mayo to-day, fol-
lowing the TRANSMISSION OF blood
from the veins of his brother. Wash
ington Mayo. last night. was much
improved. and gave ground for his
early recovery. II was said by MEM
bers of his family that his tempera-
ture was 90 this morning. the lowest
since he was taken i'll.
Ii is probable that Washington
Mayo will submit to another trans
fusion tomorrow. and this time a
quart instead of II pint of blood may
be taken in the effort To save the
life OF his brother. Washington
Mayo seemed none the worse to-
day for the blood which he gave last
night.
In Critical Condition.
Cincinnati, o.. April Is. Con
cerned only over the chances His
brother. John G.. G.. Mayo, may have
for his life. Washington Mayo.
brother OF the Kentucky capitalists
and politician. to-day at noon again
submitted To an operation that
transfused another pint or more OF
blood into the veins of the patient
lighting against rayages or Bright's
disease at the Jewish Hospital.
DR.. Lindeman performed the OPP
Grafton. which was in all essentials
like that of Friday. when pint of
blood was transfused into the left
arm of the patient from the body of
his brother.
DR. Wilkinson said the patient
had not passed a very good night
His temperature had risen and 9TH
er unfayorable symptoms had deyel-
oped. He .intimated that a second
TRANSMISSION was an extreme resort
and declared that the outcome OF
the second operation was problem