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..... The work of analyzing the blood had been taken up. Having artificially performed the work of the stomach and liver, the next step was to artificially duplicate the function of the lungs, kidneys and glandes, in the search for the refined product ~ the life giving substance.

..... About seven pounds of liquid and food had daily passed through...

For what purpose?

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.....After many imperfect tests and experiments, a finished result was obtained.

.....When these three functions, the lungs, the glands of the skin and the kidneys, had passed off all this, what was left?

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The blood in the human body is
made up of red and white corpuscles and a fluid or plasma, the latter carrying the nutrition.

The red ones
were endowed with no special life,
while the white ones were discovered
to be living and intelligent beings.

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a new-born baby
was the most desirable subject upon
which to make the application, and the
umbilical cord (entering the human
body at the navel)...

..... It was Thursday,
November 24, 1904 when
the first experiment was completed.

..... The culminating experiment was to be the introduction of the supposed vital fluid into the circulatory system of a living person.

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They first began making a sufficient
quantity of the Elixir or Vital Fluid...

..... If successful, the child would live without eating, drinking or breathing, as had been the case in its mother's womb.

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Dr. John D. Anson... had married...
Sallie McNamara of Caoro, Ill., and she
was about to give birth to a child.

if his wife were willing, he
would consent to their first born child
being use for the application of the "vital fluid."

..... The child was born on Sunday the
20th of December

experiment held on Thursday,
December the 8th

one of the best rooms in the
Hygiene Building

the umbilical cord had been cut

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it was not tied into a knot

Professor Dodson was just fifty seconds
in adjusting the celluoid button to
the child's body

cut again
about an inch and a half from the body
and drawn through a hole in the bottom of a celluloid box

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an instant later
had filled the little celluloid case the
"elixir," or "vital fluid

..... The child.. was a boy.

a moment later the child was laid
on the bed by the side of its mother.

It was breathing in a natural manner.

..... All of the professors remained in the room, taking seats and waiting... waiting for symptoms

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Mrs. John D. Anson

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Dr. John D. Anson... had married...
Sallie McNamara of Caoro, Illinous and
she was about to give birth to a child.

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.....Professor Dodson... said: The breathing should continue till all the mother's blood is removed from the body

.....At 12:30 pm Professor Dodson placed his ear to the boy's heart and found that it was less than the normal beat.

Its lungs were in operation and
circulation of the blood propelled by the
lungs and heart was normal.

.....It closed its eyes and remained quiet for thirty minutes.

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if the experiment was a success the
heart would act in a normal manner.

.....At 4 pm respiration was thirty-six, fourteen less than normal, with the child in excellent condition

.....At 8 am respiration was fourteen times to the minute, thirty-six less than normal with no perceptible injury to the health of the child.

.....The pulse was beating 100 per minute thirty less than normal in a new born...

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was the picture of health.

The previous history of the human
race showed that soon after a child
was born it became sensitive to the
digestion of food with pains in the
stomach resulting in crying and...

The breast not having been disturbed, no milk formed and preparations that
had been made for her relief were
unnecessary.

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by the introduction of nourishment
through the umbilical vein. There was
no use for the digestive organs.

the boy was named by his father and
mother, Vivian.

..... If the experiment succeeded there was too be no longer any such thing as breathing, eating or drinking.

..... At 11:20 am the respiration had ceased. At 11:40 the kidneys acted for the last time. The mother's blood had all passed from the child...

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the fact that the mother's blood having
been exhausted from the arteries
and veins of the child, the
"elixir" had filled them...

..... At 2 pm on Saturday, the
24th of December, 1904,
with the child in perfect condition
without breathing and without ever
having ate or drank anythings, the
faculty of the Institute held a consultation
and gave out the Bulletin mentioned in a
previous chapter that startled and
amazed the world.

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