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Show HISBLOODES TRANSFUSED Lounger in a Park Used to Save the Life of a Doctor New York, June 27. Tho blood of an unidentified park lounger has saved from death, for a time at least, Dr. .Geo. It. Lockwood, an eminent stomach stom-ach specialist and himself a sufferer from ulcer of the stomach. Dr. Lock-wood Lock-wood suffered a severe hemorrhage yesterday and, after a hurried consultation, consul-tation, It was docldcd that tho blood of a healthy man wns all that could Bave him. A hunt for available men from the uaun sources proved fruitless, fruit-less, and finally tho attending physicians physi-cians went to Central Park, and Importuned Im-portuned loungers whom they found there to help save the life of a man who had devoted his own life to sufferings suf-ferings of others. Tho offer of 550 in cash proven tempting to men who had not the price of a bed or breakfast and several of them were rushed In a taxlcab to Dr. Lockwood's home. The man whose blood answered most perfectly to tho required tests was selected and tho transfusion was performed. Afterward, After-ward, It was said, that Dr Lockwood wa6 much stronger and probably would recover. Dr Lockwood, although his namo does not often appear In the presB, has a wide reputation among his brother practitioners as a specialist ln stomach stom-ach diseases He was called In consultation, con-sultation, in the caso of former President Presi-dent Grover Cleveland and attended him for many months He is particularly particu-larly known as a skillful diagnostician. |