Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-29

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was taken as conclusive evidence recently by a
judge in San Francisco. One Paul Vittori,
having denied vehemently that Mrs. Vittori's
babe was also his, and Mrs. Vittori having been
quite as insistant that it was, the scientific man
was called in.
This scientist, DR.. Albert Abrams, took a drop
of blood from the infant and one from Vittori.
The "electrons" of the two drops were adjusted
in what was called an "oscilophore," and the
doctor announced that the "electrons' synchro-
nized in their vibrations, therefore Vittori was
the father of the child. Superior Judge Graham,
tori to pay his wife SIS a month for the support
of the baby.
An "electron," it was brought out, is an
infnitesimal bit of matter, and it seems. that
your blood is just teeming with electrons.
These tiny e~lectrons vibrate. it is claimed, and
vibration of the electronS in the drop of Wit
tcri's blood synchronizing with the vibrations of
the %electrons in the child's blood, it was decided
that Vittori must be the child's father. Vittori
must pay the money ordered by the court or so
to Jail for contempt of the courts mandate.
He still insists that blood in this case is telling
something that is not so.
Experts are SkepticaI.
Experts of the United States Public Health
Service frankly admit that they know of no
such test, and seem skeptical concerning it.
Some of them see a possibility that the quality
of blood in a child might be evidence of the
childs paternity, but the test would be of quite
another character.
The blood of all the people in the world is
divided into four classes. These classes are
merely numbered one, two, three and four. The
difference between the groups is that the cells
OF one kind of blood will dissolve in the serum,
or fluid part. of the blood of another group.
This discovery is very important in view of
the large number of operations in which blood
rrom one person Is introduced into the veins
of another. If a person whose blood is in group
four has transfused into his veins the blood of
a person who would fall in group one, it would
mean the dissolution of millions of the cells of
the blood OF the sick person, and might result
fatally. There are records of many such cases
which occurred before the four groupings of
the blood were worked out.
Some of the Public Health Service experts
bplipya that il might easily he DOSSiDle that
where the blood of a mother and a child were
in group one, and the paternity OF the child was
between a man whose blood was in
group three and a man whose blood was in
group one, tests might prove the parentage. In
such a case the assumption would be that the
man whose blood was classed as group one
would be the child's father.
So far as these government experts are aware,
this has never been tried in a court,
and they believe it doubtful that the courts
would take the tests as conclusive evidence. 1t
would be confusing, they point out, if the
mothers blood proved to be in class four, for
instance.
The grouping of the four classes of people
to their blood has been ct inestim2ble
service in surgery, however. In the early days
Of blood TRANSMISSION, according to government
medical experts. many tragedies occurred
through lack of the knowledge since obtained.
Why Transfusions Sometimes Fail.
In those days often q successful TRANSMISSION
Of blood occurred with no ill effects to The
person receiving the blood. This was due 10 the
blood which entered their veins being of the
same class as their own blood. But for a time
t was a matter of chance. Sometimes a person
IF some other class was obtained, and the result
that instead of supplying the much needed
blood to the sick person, the cells of what blood
he or she had left were destroyed by the liquid
part of the new blood injected into them. The
effect of this was weakening, and death might
ensue as a result of the body's failing to secure
no~uriShment.
Now at big hospitals and dispensaries there
ire lists of people whose blood has been tested
n every way, and who are called upon when
,ransfusions are necessary. If a class-two per-
son needs a pint of blood, some one on the class
list is called in, and gives up a pint of his
blood for a fee. The greatest care is
of course. to see to it that there
is no mixing up of the lists or of the persons
on it. |
The division of the blood of the human race
four groups is not g~uesswork or anything
OF the sort. 1t is an exact determination. More
which of the four classes your own blood
falls. With four test tubes. each containing a
small quantity of each class of blood, the doctor
IAN find out quickly by dropping a drop of your
blood into each OF the tubes. If the cells of
he blood already in class one tube dissolve,
,our blood is not of that class. In the tube
blood corresponding to your own no
change will take place.
To make doubiy sure that no mistake will
occur the test tube results can be checked up
With a microscopic examination. After these
:wo tests there is no possibility of mistake.
The great number of cases during the war
where blood TRANSMISSION was necessary caused
of the medical corps in France and
n the army hospitals here to provide for quickly
getting access to necessary quantities of blood
IF all four classes. This was essential, par
,icularl. abroad, because of the great loss of
blood resulting from many of the wounds. even
hose which ordinarily would be classed as
superficial where prompt treatment was easily
secured. During battles men often were forced
o lie for long periods without anything more
han the first aid treatment administered to
hem on the field. Many cases occurred where
patients were extremely weakened from blood
osses where only TRANSMISSION from a healthy
person carrying the same class of blood in his
'eins would save life.
1t is obvious that where the new blood would
10 nothing but destroy the cells of what little
If the original blood remained. the desired
'esults would not be obtained.