Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-06-29 | Page 1 | Gives his Blood to Save Life of Brother

GIVES HIS BLOOD TO SAVE LIFE Of BROTHER REMARKABLE OPERATION IS SUCCESSFULLY SUC-CESSFULLY PERFORMED. Allows Blood to Be Transfused Into Veinf. of Boy, Whose Recovery Is Confidently Expected. Chicago, June 29. An apparently successful operation in which a Chicago Chi-cago physician gave h(s blood to save the life of his brother has been performed per-formed In Wesley ho-pltal. Dr. Jas. F. Churchill, a member of the hospital, hos-pital, staff, allowed his blood to be transfused into the veins of George Churchill, IS years old, of Minneapolis. Minneap-olis. George Churchill was taken to the hospital suffering from pernicious anemia, which medical authorities s-y Is rnrelv cured. Th-? disease Is ascribed as-cribed to the lack of red corpuscles in tbe bVd which in consequence loses Its productive power and practically become dead. Dr. Church'!! believel te transfus-' transfus-' len of healthy blood Into tho patient's veins m1ht affect a euro. After a consult if ion It was decided to try the oe'Tt'on. T'-e oupg m"n h-F br" charged from tbe hospital an ' g-re to- bis hriro anrrfutly preaMv lmpro'-oil In health and In a fair way to iccovcr. ' I