BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
INFANT'S LIFE . SAVED.;
By Telegraph —Press Association.—Copyright
New York, December 11. An experiment in blood transfusion by the use of a syringe, has saved the life of an infant at Detroit, which was dying from hemorrhages.
Two surgeons, Messrs. Coolly and Vaughan, found the ordinary method impracticable, and resorted to the use of an antitoxin syringe. This is the first time such an . operation has been performed. . . • • 7
In cases of severe hemorrhage, or surgical shock, the ; transfusion of blood-from the vein of a healthy person to the blood-vessels of the patient is, frequently, effected with successful results. : The usual "method .ofr performing* this operation:is by an arrangement of tubing known as the transfusion apparatus. The cable message states that for tne first time the transfusion has been effected with-"-out the usual intermediary apparatus,, but the injection of blood into depleted vessels is not new.'" Certain precautions are necessary "to ensure the successful..use "of this method. The blood must be collected in a syringe containing a small quantity of fluid, v such as sodium citrate,- to prevent tho coagulation of the corpuscles. During the operation the syringe and its contents .must be maintained at blood heat (98.4 degrees).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15174, 13 December 1912, Page 7
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