to proceed further with the attempt.  The father, however, insisted upon going on, and the surgeon then exposed the radial artery in the surgeon’s wrist, and was obliged to dissect it back about six inches, in order to pull it out far enough to make the connection with the child’s vein.

“This part of the work the surgeon who did it afterward described as the ‘blacksmith part of the job.’  He said that the child’s vein was about the size of a match and the consistency of wet cigarette paper, and it seemed utterly impossible for anyone to successfully unite these two vessels.  Dr. Carrel, however, accomplished this feat.  And then occurred what the doctors who were present described as one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of surgery.  The blood from the father’s artery was released, and began to flow into the child’s body, amounting to about a pint.  The first sign of life was a little pink tinge at the top of one of the ears, then the lips, which had become perfectly blue, began to change to red, and then suddenly, as though the child had been taken from a hot mustard bath, a pink glow broke out all over its body, and it began to cry lustily.  After about eight minutes the two were separated.  The child at that time was crying for food.  It was fed, and from that moment began to eat and sleep regularly, and made a complete recovery.

“The father appeared before a legislative committee at Albany, in opposition to certain bills which were pending at the last session to restrict animal experimentation, and told this incident, and said at the close that when he saw Dr. Carrel’s experiments he had no idea that they would so soon be available for saving human life; much less did he imagine that the life to be saved would be that of his own child.”

THE FUNDAMENTAL THING IN ALL HELP

If the people can be educated to help themselves, we strike at the root of many of the evils of the world.  This is the fundamental thing, and it is worth saying even if it has been said so often that its truth is lost sight of in its constant repetition.

The only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself.  Money which comes to him without effort on his part is seldom a benefit and often a curse.  That is the principal objection to speculation—­it is not because more lose than gain, though that is true—­but it is because those who gain are apt to receive more injury from their success than they would have received from failure.  And so with regard to money or other things which are given by one person to another.  It is only in the exceptional case that the receiver is really benefited.  But, if we can help people to help themselves, then there is a permanent blessing conferred.