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HARRIS B. SHUMACKER, Jr., M.D.; AUSTIN LAMONT, M.D.; WILLIAM METCALF, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1939;39(6):959-972.

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In 1931 Firor¹ described a method for crossing the circulations of dogs by means of an end to end anastomosis (according to Carrel's technic) of the carotid artery of one dog and the jugular vein of another, and vice versa.² No anticoagulant was required. Firor found this a reliable method for providing adequate mixing of the blood and made certain physiologic observations during the procedure. The methods which had been previously used were reviewed³ and attention was called to the fields of investigation in which these procedures had been employed. Recent studies involving the use of cross circulation⁴ have suggested the need for additional information concerning the accompanying physiologic changes, especially the alterations in plasma and blood volume, the changes in blood pressure and the influence of such changes on the blood volumes, and the rapidity and completeness of mixing of the blood.

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BALTIMORE

From the Surgical Hunterian Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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Aided in part by a grant from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.

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