The New York herald., 1921-11-28
DRUG ADDICT LIVES
BY SELLING BLOOD
Five TRANSMISSION Patients May
Have Received Fluid Con-
tanning Dope

\ charge of possessing narcotics was
made last night against James Milo,
27, who was taken to Police Headquar-
ters from Memorial Hotel. 225 Bowery.
According to DR.. Carleton Simon, Special
Deputy Commissioner in charge of the
narcotic squad, Milo's only means of
livelihood consisted in selling his blood
in transfusioA operations. DR.. Simon
said the man is an addict and that in at
least five cases in which he contributed
quantities of blood, the patients received
fluid that may have contained drug. -
There is no way of determining this
point he explained, because the pres
ence Of drug in the blood never has been
detected by research.
Milo a big. outstanding man with
florid face and great strength, was ar
rested by Detectives Sails and Boylan
of DR.. Simon's staff. DIR. Simon said the
man made no resistance, but handed over
three phials containing drug and an eye
dropper and safety pin, the last named
articles forming a homemade hyper
derrnic syringe. The Deputy Commits
sioner said also the prisoner admitted
being an addict.
Lengthy questioning, DR.. Simon said,
brought out the information that Milo
has been stimulating his nerves with
hyperdermic injections for three months.
He has been giving his blood in opera
tions for several years, he told DR.. ST.
mon. He said he has contributed In
twenty-five hospitals and private trans
fusons in the last year. Five of these
Tl, cal tf.n ftsfG told
took place since he began to use drugs.
As he talked to DR.. Simon. Milo barred
an arm that was mass of scars. Again
and again. IL was proved by the scars
surgeons have opened the artery used
in TRANSMISSION. Milo said he understood
his blood tested "high,' and that 1t was
for this reason that he got top prices
for il. He said he received from So
TO $50 a TRANSMISSION. On at least one
occasion, 1t was said. the man gave his
blood for nothing when he learned the
patient was without funds.
Milo had a little leather covered
memorandum book to prove his state
ments about the various transfusions. The
entries were marked "2e0 &C." ol
"225 Co." according to the number OF
cubic centimeters he gave. and follow
ing the entries were the names of th'
DHySlClduS Ill Clidi SG VI tiiC N'SN''
To verify the mans statements fur
ther Dr. Carleton telephoned to three
of the physicians listed as having super
vised transfusions in which Milo was
the donor in the last three months
These doctors, DR.. Simon said, verified
every statement Milo made. One o
them, according to DR.. Simon, gave in
formation that may lead to an impor
tant discovery connected with the detec
ton of narcotics in the blood of al
addict
This physician, said the Deputy Com
missioner, related the story of a trans
fusion on a man suffering from per
nicious anemia. The operation was per
formed last Tuesday The Unger method
of TRANSMISSION was used Mlo's blooc
passing into a receptacle before beinE
injected into the patient.
The physician was surprised to SCI
Milo, who had become almost hanger
denly and show symptoms of n veal
heart. While the man was being re
vived, DR.. Simon said in repeating hi.
conversation with the physician, the lat
ter noticed THAT his patient was appar
entity gaining strength. He continued e
gain strength and Milo recovered.
A strange development of the opera
ton, DR.. Simon said he was told by the
physician was continued high tempera-
ture of the patient. Instead of mounting
TO 101 degrees and subsiding to norma
after two hours, as is usual the mans
temperature rose to 104 and then los
degrees and continued fiuctuating be-
tween those two points for two days
The patient has steadily improved, how.
ever.