Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1877 — Transfusion of Blood. [ARTICLE]

Transfusion of Blood.

A good degree of success has attended the transfusion of blood in the case of Adam Kohlepp, of Williamsburg, a patient in the last stages of consumption. The patient’s friends had no hopes of his recovery. He had not been dressed for two months, and had slept only in snatches for weeks. At the first operation, on July 11, seven ounces of blood from the arm of a strong, healthy man were injected into the patient’s median basilic vein. Before the operation, the patient’s pulse was feeble and accelerated. After the transfusion the pulse became slower and fuller, and a gentle perspiration appeared all over the body. He soon fell asleep, not awakening for seven hours. He then ate with apparent relish, and again fell asleep, though not so readily as before. In the morning he was able to rise, but did not leave his bed-room. On the fifth day following the operation be took a short walk upon the street. On July 26 a second operation was performed, in which four ounces of blood were transfused with the desired effect. Since then the patient has gained strength rapidly, and is troubled only with his short, hacking cough. Night sweats have entirely left him. His breathing is attended with no difficulty. His pulse is full and slow. His blood is only a little above the normal temperature, and for a week past he has not only been out but has done a few hours’ light work daily. The treatment will be repeated iu the hope of arresting the disease. —New York Herald.