Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1913 — HUSBAND GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE WIFE’S LIFE [ARTICLE]

HUSBAND GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE WIFE’S LIFE

William Eldridge Submits to Blood Transfusion to Enable Wife to Undergo Operation.

Mrs. William Eldridge, living on a farm near Pleasant Ridge, who has been in a critical condition for some time past, suffering with an ulcerated liver, suffered a severe relapse, when the trouble caused a severe hemorrhage due to the rupture of the cause of her ailment.

So grave was her condition that her life was dispaired of and it was deemed imperative to operate immediately. The afternoon train Sunday was stopped at Pleasant Ridge and she was taken to the Wesley Hospital in Chicago. She was accompanied by her husband and the local physician. She was in such’ a weakened physical condition that blood transfusion was resorted to.

The artery in the Wrist of her husband was tied to the artery in the elbow of Mrs. Eldridge and the renewed strength this gave her enabled surgeons to operate Sunday night. The result of the operation is in doubt, but the latest reports from the bedside of the patient indicates a . favorable outcome for ultimate recovery.