The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-21
A REMEDY FOR HYDROPHoBIA.
The Famous NJ. PaSteur Makes a Discover,
of Vital Importance,

of Vital Importance.
PARIS, May 20.-M Louis Pasteur, the cole
brated French chemist, claims to have made a
discovery of the most vital importance, nothing
less in fact than II complete cure, or rather anti
dote for hydrophobia. In an interview with a
Figaro correspondent, NJ Pasteur says.
"CauteriZation OF the wound Immediately after
the bite as is well-known has been more or less
effective but from to day anybody bitten by
mad dog has only TO present himself at the
laboratory of the Ecole Norrnale, and. by moe
ulation l will make him completely unsucsepti-
BILE 80 the effects of hydrophobia even if bitten
subsequently by any number of mad dogs l
have been looking the last four years to this
subject / found out in the FIRST place, that the
virus rabiuque loses its intensity By transmits
sion to certain animals, and increases its intens
ty by transmission to other animals. With the
rabbit for instance the virus IA biuque increases
with the monkey it decreases. My method was
AS follows / took the virus direct from the
brain Of dog that had died from acute hydro
phobia- With this virus | inOculated q monkey;
the monkey died Then with the virus already
weakened in intensity, taken from this monkey,
inoculated second monkey. Then with the
virus taken from the second monkey, inoculat-
ed third monkey, and so on, until obtained
virus so week as to be almost harmless Then,
with this harmless virus, ] inoeulated q rabbit
the virus being at once increased in intensity.
Then, with the virus from the first rabbit in
otulated a second rabbit, and there was another
increase in the intensity of the virus. Then,
with the virus of the second rabbit inoculated
a third rabbit, then fourth, until the virus had
regained its maximum intensity. Thus l OBJ
tanned virus of different degrees of power.
then took dog and inoculated him first
with the weakest virus from the rab
bit, then with the virus from the
second rabbit and finally with the rabbit virus
of maximum intensity After few days more
inocuated the dog with virus taken directly
from the brain of dog that had just died OF
acute madness. The dog upon which had ex
perimented proved completely unsusceptible to
hydrophobia. The experiment was frequently
repeated, always with the same unsuccessful re
suit But my discovery does not end here.
took two dogs and inoculated them both with
virus taken directly from q dog that had Just
died Of acute hydrOphoba- let one of my two
dogs thus inoculated alone, and he went mad
aud died of acute hydrophobia. l subjected the
second dog to my treatment, giving him the
three rabbit inocuiatiOns, beginning with the
weakest and ending with the strongest This
second one was completely cured. 9r rather be-
came completely thsusceptibie to hydrOphobia.'
NJ, Pasteur then went to a kennel and caressed
q dog that had undergone this latter operation.
"VOyez," said M. Pasteur, "comme il est ben
gentil." Whoever gets bitten by mad dog
has only to submit to my three little inoeula
tions and he need not have the slightest fear Of
hydr0phobia.n