Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-07-26
THE TERRIBLE HYDROPHOBIA.


French chemist, claims to have made a
discovery of a complete cure, or rather
antidote, for hyhrophobia. In an iu-
terview with a Figaro correspondent
NJ. Pasteur says:
'Cauterization Of the wound immedi-
at.ly after the bite, as Is well known,
has been more or less effective, but from
to-day anybody bitten by a mad dog has
only to present himself at the laboratory
of the Ecole Normal, and by inocnlation
] will make him completely insuscepti1
bic to the effects Of hvdrophobia, even
if bitten subsequently by any number of
mad dogs.
81 have been devoting the last fou
wears to this subject. / found out, III
the first place, that the rirus rahique
loses its intensity by transmission to GER
tain animals, and increases its intensity
by transmission to other animals. With
the rabbit, for instance, the virus
rabiqnc increases; with the monkey it
decreases. My method was as follows:
/ took the virus direct from the brain OF
a dog that had died from acute hydro
pllobia. With this virus | inoculated n
monkey. The monkey died.
"Then with the virus-already weak
cned in intensity-taken from this mon
key I %inoculated a second monkey. Then
with the virus taken from the second
monkey I inoculated a third monkey,
and SO on until l obtained a virus so
weak as to be almost harmless. Then
with this almost harmless virus l inocu-
lated a rabbit, the virus being at once
: increased in intensity.
'Then with the virus from the first
rabbit I inoculated a second rabbit, and
there was another increase in the inten-
sity of the virus. Then with the virus
of the second rabbit I inoculated a
third rabbit, then a fourth, until the
virus had regained its maximum inten-
. sity. Thus I obtained virus of different
degrees of power. [ then took a dog
and inoculated him, first with the weak
est virus from the rabbit, then with the
virus from the second rabbit, and finally
with the rabbit virus of maximum inten-
sity. After a few days more I inoculated
the dog with virus taken directly from
the brain Of a dog that had just died of
acute madness. The dog upon which 1
had experimental proved completely in
susceptible to hydrophobia. The e1-
pefiment was frequently repeated, al
ways with the same successful result.
"But my discovery did not end here.
l took two dogs and inoculated them
both with virus taken directly from a
dog that had just died of acute hydro
phobia. l let one of my two dogs thus
inbculated alone, and he went mad and
dind of o"r+n hydropbohio Tsnbiect4a
the second dog to my treatment, giving
him the three rabbit inoculations, be-
: ginning with the weakest and ending
with the strongest. This second dog
was completely cured, or rather became
completely in%susceptible to hydro
phobia."
CATTLE RAISING IN SOUTH AMER
ICA.
The life of the cattle is wholly free.
The stork-raiscr, or eStancler, Is the
nro land, and he leaves the animals to
live upon it, to feed themselves. and
multiply ut their will. The stock, even
III the widest and least-populous re-
80
Eions, form small herds OF from 100 to
80 head, which are made up Of steers,
COWS. calves and bulls, but are always
composed OF the same individuals, and
always inl,abit the same very limited re-
ginn Of the campo, and the animals pass
their lives within this region w%itilou,
being confined by any Enclosure. The
distinctly" character Of the groups Ia
especially curious III the more populou,
r'glonS, rs tho southern part of XII
Grandc or Mnntevldeo, where herds ma
lie seen almost in contact without mix
ing, coming together and making them
selves NJ generally without trouble, all,
they live thus side by side for years
without becoming acquainted with eacl
other. Each herd is SO coherent that
when one of its members takes frigh
and turns away, all will follow it. il
consequence IF this habit, il Is very lf
@tir'ilt, when til" cattle arc sold, to scpa
. rate theln from ;he herds and TO &c
). them along Tor the .is,t few leagues. |