Researches physiological and pathological : instituted principally with a view to the improvement of medical and surgical practice / by James Blundell.

  • Blundell, Dr., 1790-1878.
Date:
1825
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    human blood was transfused instead of the ca- nine ; and though the results of the two sets of experiments were so different, the operation was performed exactly in the same manner in both. 23. I drained a dog from the left carotid artery, in the same manner as in the preceding expe- riment, abstracting, as usual, all the blood which could be got away. The dog continued to re- spire a little occasionally, but was evidently dying, and the circulation was stopped. After waiting a few seconds, I threw into the jugular vein, by means of the syringe, blood taken from the carotid artery of another dog ; the recovery of the animal being sudden, and on the whole complete. It remained a little languid for three or four days afterwards, but ultimately got well, without the occurrence of a single alarming symptom. The syringe was air-tight. 24. I drained a young dog from the left carotid artery, in the usual manner, so that the cir- culation stopped completely, and the animal scarcely respired. Then, by means of the syringe, I injected into the left jugular vein blood taken from the ar- teries ol another dog, with the effect of com-