Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-11
PASTEUR'S REMEDY.
The French Chemists Method of treat
ing the Bite of q Mad Dog.
n Iotffg Rsg4hlLran.

s.. Louis Republican.
PARIS, November l3.-I have lust visit
ed the great DR.. Pasteur, who, during the
past fortnight has announced the discoy,
cry of what he believed to be an sntidote
for the bite Of q mad deg. lie ia not an
old man, being probably not over So years
OF age. His welLtrimmed chin whiskers
are slightly gray, but his hair is still quite
dark. He is not over five feet seven
inches high, but is rs, her stoutly built.
One leg is stiff. He speaks no English
His speech is slow and distinct and his
bearing is unassuming and modest. When
| entered his office Ifoupd it filed With pa
tieuts who had come from all parts of Eu,
rope to be treated by him for bites OF mad
dogs. His assistants were busily engaged
treating ugly-looking wounds on the legs,
arms, and bodies of patients while he
stood by and superintendent the work. His
treatment is wholly by incubation.
II do not yet know any remedy for the
patient after the disease has manifested
itself" said DR.. Psstuer. "All my dlscoV'
cries, so far, relate only to preventing by
drophohia after persons have been bitten,
That snridote, | bshsye l have discovered,
for OF the twenty persons that | have
treated not one has shown any symphonic
Of the disease"
There was a card published by the
great novelist, 'Oaids,' a few days ago, DR..
Pasteur, in which she said that she had per
sonalJy known Of six cases Of animals and
persons bitten BY mad dogs, and with nc
treatment whatever not n of these cases
developed into ~hydrophobia. How do you
explain that | asked.
That is quite possible" replied the Doc
tor. Statistics show that so out OF lOI
persons who ara bitten do not become
mad. | do not claim my experiments t.
be- conclusive, although | have treated
these twenty cases Of persons and severs
hundred eases OF dogs and rabbits and
o her animals, and not one so treated has
been affected.
How long does it take for the disese tc
manifest itselfH'
Usually the victim shows symptoms o.
hydrophobis within six months after tbt
bite. but it is sometimes three OF toul
years. After that time | would consider
the danger past. The first symptoms ar
PARALYSIS. Il is q disease of the nerves
not Of the blood, and persons OF q nervous
disUos,tion are most susceptible to 1t
bitten"
"Doesfssr enter largely into the chance
leading to it2'
Fear NAV weaken the nervous torcs
and so make the person susceptible to the
effects after having been bitten, but Tea
cannot produce hydrophobia. 1t neVe
comes spontaneously, but always tArougL
a bits. or at least through the saliva OF 81
. animal having the disease. II you have
slight scratch on your skin, you might &c
hyirOphobis.'
~ began my experiments IN 1857; II
this way, replied DR.. Psstenr. II took
nor,ion of the spinal cord Of Q dog whicl
had died of hydrophobis, and With that
;noculsted a rabbit in the first membran
of the brain. II went mad in fifteen da
Tnas with q portion of the spins
cd OF lnis rabbit | inoculate
another rabbit in the ss2e way, ana
vent mad in thirteen days, and 80 o.
continued ipoculstions ttom rabbit 10 rat
b;r 6ndin1 the strength of the virus IL
craesa each time until the C!petieth tim
nroducsd bydrophobia in only seven eeIt'
I han took very ANAL portions OF ID
animal cord Of this pinstlet6 rsoolI' Hn
Tb;eh contained the greatest Eirplencs 3
obtained, and | suspended these clis I
virus 10 empty bottles IN which the elr va
kent very dry by mesnS OF potash Q
the bottom of the bottle. After sewers
saya exposure in a dry, cold temperstuI
~ yifas lcsas al its strepgt;I
Tha tina required ioE ibis loss d.
pepds on the size OF he piece and shs dF.
ness and oolduess of the air. GnSn !
this virus which has lost its strength l "a
small portion dissolved in sterile ooulnT
and with a pravaz syringe inoculate 70
animal. Each day ] inoculste 1t sgai
with virus, Just G little stronger eAc
lime. until at last the system hS2 oeeoR
40 accustomed TO the poison that l can y;
the virus which had not been dried 81 =!
and which would produce h~ydroPhoois
.sysn DAYS if the system has not been
treated 70 It hy degrees. l w ues't
one hundred dogs in tbs vsyr ana not Oh
has become mad"
as there more hydrophobis IN FRANC
than in other countriesT =.
No; there is Just as much IN AmeriS
in some parts al in France. 1t does n
depend much Oh chmsts, for 1t new
comes spontaneously
DIR. Pasteur then conducted me 70 u
basement, where, in cages, he hss nu
, STeis of rabbits, some Of which have ose
~inoculated and some have not. All d
been birtsa by animals having hydropol
bis, Those WHICH DE- did not inocGia'e
watebed for the symptoms OF It's diseas
-S;ok in RABBITS usually msnifests itself
oIsvsn days. they being more suscePtic
) 70 !, than any other animal. He also o
SsEsrsl dogs, but these were not sAovn;
In our company now was . boy who D
been terribly bitten by q mad dog aoc
thTae months ago, and who - now uno
t-sstment. he comes to the Doctors
See every day. The boy is about 10 yes
old, Heisg greatly psttsd blythe ind-heSrt
scientist, for he is resEys young ne
Fhs BOYS little brother was attacked
the mad dog, and this brave fellow rush
Setveen them, and the dog seized hold