Show THAT BODY OF YOURS By Dr James W. W Barton Barlon DONT DON'T GIVE UP A PATIENT There is no such thing as a corpse till the funeral As long longas as there is blood to pour in and blood vessels to pour it into a aman aman aman man can be kept alive and reasonably reasonably reasonably rea rea- fit while his injuries are repaired if they are repa repa- rable I am quoting Dr W. W H. H Ogilvie Ogilvie Ogilvie Ogil- Ogil vie consulting surgeon to the British army anny in East Africa in surgery gynecology and Most of us think of blood transfusions as the pint or two pints of blood given to a patient patient patient pa pa- tient who has a bleeding peptic pep pcp tic ulcer but while a pint of blood may save a life In peptic ulcer and even the life lite of a wounded soldier there are other cases where many pints of blood are needed and Dr Ogilvie says this blood should be poured inas in inas inas as long as it Is available Wounded men die from hemorrhage hemorrhage hemorrhage hem hem- shock or infection Inthe in inthe inthe the first two hours from hemorrhage hemorrhage hemorrhage hem hem- in the first two days from shock of which hemorrhage is the chief chie cause later from in infection infection in in- The thought here is that during that first two hours or two days the two causes of death hemorrhage death hemorrhage and shock may may be prevented by pouring in not two pints of blood but 52 if necessary One soldier had 58 pints of blood and serum poured into him in 4 1 days at the end of or 10 days he was in good condi condi- tion As stated above in in inthe the minds of most of us is the pint or two pints at most that should be beall beall beall all that is ig necessary and with private p pat patients a t i e n t s this costs money but of course the cost is nothing if the life is saved However Dr Ogilvie's statement statement statement state state- ment should arouse us to the fact that one to two pints of blood is not all we can do but in some cases only a fraction fraction fraction frac frac- tion of what can be done and that as long as there is blood to pour in it should be poured in Of or course in cases where the heart and blood vessels are arc known to be weak or diseased pouring in blood would do more harm than good As however not enough blood circulating through the tho blood vessels is the cause of heart failure due to shock in all cases of severe Injury in injury injury In- In jury where loss of blood has caused shock blood transfusions should be continued as long as possible First Aid Know what to do in an emer emer- gency Send today for Dr Barton's Bartons Bartons Barton's Bartons Barton's Bar Bar- tons ton's helpful booklet entitled First Aid in Emergencies Just enclose 10 cents and a three cent stamp to cover cost of handling and mailing and ask for your copy Wrap coins carefully and mail your letter Jetter to Dr James W W. Barton care of or The Salt Lake Telegram Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City Utah |