Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
IN A FAMOUS 1ABORATORY
A. VISIT TO PaTTEUR. THE RE.
UowHzD ESxARxMEuTER.
Cages FILLED VITA fAmfmaIs-AP eru-
nIar SyAeem fEAm0culaaiOn-EEOS
The Frenek scientist Works.

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tory. Rarely, the L5nous experimenter
lie is constantly atfswork, leaving moth
ing untrled that piSht throw a ray Of
light upon his rcasarches. Although
long past the prirHe of life, he still
possesses the indaSlitable energy that
characterized his yAhth In his work
shop the scientist KEEPS cages filled with
dogs, rabbits. chicsSens and other ami
mails to he used s. his experiments.
When once an aniYSEl has been injected
with the fluid coasaining the minute
animal life upon (which, as Pasteur
claims, all disease depends, it never
leaves his watchfM eye. Closely he
observes every chasSge in its condition,
and when the time 2Sas arrived to kill the
animal he consolW himself with the
thought that sciences demands the sacri-
fee. The whole basement of
the laboratory y is transformed
into miniature menagere.
The rabid dogN are Pasteur's ia
vorites. He has prsSided neat little iron
cages for less enrageh pets and often sits
before them for hoigs watching the mad
antics of the animaI& who snap and snarl
at him continually. Pandemonium
reigns supreme in this section of the
laboratory. but Pasteur seems totally OBJ
livious to the noise (which to the casual
visitor is so distressing. Some are in
the first stages of tie disease; they tear
about their limiteE quarters, biting at
the iron bars and claew up the hay in
tended for their bfsls. The ones only
recently inoculatedSare still affectionate
and retain their moist eyes SO full Of ten
derness. They recognize their master
and come forward 81 his call as if to be
petted.
The chickens, laEge and small. crane
their necks and keep up ceaseless crow
ing.
The pink-eyed rabbits are the quiet
members of Pasteuf,'s large family. They
chew away at the cabbage leaves with
which they are fed and quietly await
their turn to become martyrs of science,
while the cute guinea pigs huddle to-
gether, ever watchiNl for the approach
Of an enemy.
All of them arc destined to be inocu-
lated some time brother. and there is no
hope of any of them surviving the ex-
periments of the great Frenchman.
Every morning Pastcur pays visit to
the hospital and sees that his sick pets
are well cared for. Those which have
died during the right are removed to
the floor above and laid upon the dis
secting tables ready for Pasteur's knife.
This is not the only material upon which
Pasteur works. From all parts Of France
he receives coops fill of chickens that
have died from cholera and other dis,
eases.
In corner of Ihe large room there are
huge baskets filed with straw. One con-
tains pig supposed to have died from
erysipelas, another is filed with the In
ternal organs of a plcuro pneumonia COW,
while scores of theta, carefully labelled,
are sent by naturafists, who. unable to
prove their own observations. seek his
advice.
1t is not only animals upon which Pas
teur experiments. Ever since he visited
Pavillac three years ago to investigate
the causes of yellow fever he is never
without samples Of vomito negro black
vOmit), which is sent to him in herme'i-
cally sealed bottles from the infected
ports. Pasteur never throws anything
away. The contents of the bottle are
carefully desiccatcd, and the residue is
placed in the propagating ROOM Here
there are shelves and tables for the reccp-
ton of glass jars in which he keeps the
culture liquid.
BY careful manipulation the dry resi-
due is rcdissoIved snd the microscopic
animal life allowed to 90 on increasing.
This is Pasteur's fav0rite working place,
surrounded by his assistants, Chamber
land. Roux. Jouhert. The death of
Thuillier, his favcrite co worker, who died
in Egypt while investigating the origin OF
cholera, robbed Pasteur of valuable aid.
Thuillier was tho first to discover the
presence of nlierobes in the tissues Of
animals, that of4erysipelas, and that led
Pasteur to continue the investigation and
prove that the iEicrobe depended upon
the disease. He began to inoculate ami
mails with fluids containing the microbe
and by this means was enabled to reduce
the mortality INK the rinderpest, which in
former years played sad havoc with the
cattle In the Southern part of France.
At present Psrstealr is dev0ting his en-
ergy toward solving the problem Of ny
drophobia. TIE results Of recent expert.
ments have led him TO believe that bs
means Of inoculation It can be success
fully cured. lie has already inoculatcG
large balloons aad has reason to feel sat
isfied that he is5on the right track. II.
has demonstrated that BY transmitting
the virus from the lower orders Of AMI
mails to the higher, it loses strength
until finally only triiing disturbances ar
caused ~ its Injection. He il coniiden
thar AZ m Innsf distant fav he will Is.