The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-29
HYDROPHOBIA CURED.
A Great Discovery lDy M. Louis
pnstcur, the French
Chemist.

That eminent scientist, M. Pasteur, who
has made SO many important discoveries
during the past few years bearing upon tho
health Of man, not alone in tho domain Of
cause and effect, but also in the very prac-
teal direction Of furnishing remedies for
ailments considered incnrlble, has now
added TO his hurels by discovering reme-
dy for hydrophobia, which has hitherto
been considered fatal when once it had OBJ
tained foothold in the system. The fol-
lowing cable dispatch To the Chicago Trib-
nne. setting forth the details Of his remedy
which is simply incubation for d prevent
i've, like vaccination to prevent smallpox
and giving the details Of the method lie
employed in his experiments with dogs,
monkeys. and rabbits, will be found ex-
trcmely interesting:
M. Louis Pasteur. tho celebrated French chem
lat, claims to have made a discovery II the most
vital Importance less. in tact, than
oamplete cure. or rather antidote, for hydro
phoba. In an interview with a Figaro CORE
rpondcnt NJ. Pastanr SAYS: "Cauterization u the
wound Immediately after the bite. a. is well
known. has been more or lcss effective. but
from to-day anybody bitten by mad dog has
only TO present himself at the Laboratory Of the
Ecolc Normale and by incubation will
effects of hy,lrophohia, even ii bitten
subsequently by any number Of mad
dogs. have be n dcvoting the last four years
to this subject. found ont in the first place
that the rifus rdbiqar loses its intensity by
transmission to certain animals and increases
its intensity by transmission to other animals.
With the rabbit, for instance, the rlns 1dJfqne
increases: with the monkey it decreases. NY
method was as follows: / took the virus direct
from the brain Of dog that died from acute
hydrOphObia. With this virus | inOculated a
monkey. Tho monkey died. Then with the
virus already weakened In intensity, taken
from this monkey, | inocnlated a second
monkey. THIN with the virus taken from the
second monkey inocula,ed a thi monkey,
and so on until obtained virus weak a. to
be almost harmless. Then with this almost
harmless virus inoculatei a RAJ Bit; the virus
being ut once increased i'm int rnsty. Then with
the virus from the first rabbit | inoculated
second rabbit, and there was another increase
In the intensity of the virus. Then with the
virus Of the second rabbit inocnlated q third
rabbit. then = fourth, until the virus had
rcgained its maximum intensity Thus
l~.o ! obtained r virus OF ,.dI different :. dc.
dog and inoculatcd him first with the weakest
virus from the rabbit, then with the virus from
the second rabbit, and finally with the rabbit
more | inoculatct the dog with virus directly
from the brain Of dog that had jus. died Of
acute madness. The dog upon which eyperi-
mcnted proved completely fnsust eptible to
hydrophobia. The experiment was frequently
suit.
But my discovery does not end here took
two dogs and inocnlated them both with virus
taken directly from dog that had just died
OF acute hydrophobia. / let ono Of my
two dogs thus inocuatcd alone and he went mad
and died OF acute hydrophobia. Subjected the
second dog to my treatment. giving him the
three rabbit inoculations, beginning with the
weakest and ending with the strongest. The
second dog was completely cured. or rather be-
came completely insusceptible to hydrorhobia "
M. Pasteur then went to kennel aud carcssed
a dog that had undergone this latter operation.
Said NJ. Pastcur: Whoever gets bitten by .
mad dog has only to submit to my three little
inoculations and he need not have the slightest
fear Of hydrophobia.