Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-11

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A pm speeial TO the Herald says
~ reality Of n. pastear's discovery
doss not pass sl;oecshss uuconses.so'
N. Henri Rochefott's fSfve.s'gedM h.s
become Tho char piot Of N. fesseur .
sdyerssries. NJ. Ro.hefort mgns .
leader ip to.dsy's iniranrs>a"f neaoeo
"virus.- The ODpmfwntsfe. It de-
eIsres, iw tho oply Government pape.
that believes in NJ. Iss'cur, and TINS.
the Ministers have pronounced = mm
Tordye that 70 refasa a. believe In "a.
Pss,eur has become as criminal as u
FORMERLY was 10 Insult N. Ferry. NJ.
Rochefcrt cites the follow ing story as
proof of NJ. Pastear's inability to pre-
vent hydrophobia
AFTER rHiRTy-sn DAYS.
"A girl six years old named Eliza,
Was bitten some months ago by dog.
She was sent by her parents to the
country. where she rcu aimed several
weeks. Afterward she returned to
Paris, when she was placed under NJ.
Pss.eur's care, who prsaiced on her
the inocula,ion Of his atm lated virus.
The child soon displayed symptoms OF
hydrophobia and expired asst week al
ter horrible suffering"
DANGEROUS OR U -slEss.
n. Rochefort defes H.. Pasteur to
contradict this story. and concludes as
follows: AT the present moment IL
not Nply is certain that Nj. Fssteur can
not prevent hydrophobia, but 1t is not
quite sure that he does not commune
cate il to simpletons who believe they
have il. SO we cannot yet de;.de whether
This incubation is dangeroua or merely
useless. We expect one OF these days
10 hear that somebody has died OF hy-
drophobia although never bitten By
mad dog. Cost &c qa'on po'vIa apPe-
hrie comJle dp riruS raLtqae.'
nITTFy oS gss HEAD.
To-day | es,lca upon NJ. Pasteur at !
hrs lxiryasn.y and asked him about the |
cssb referred to by NJ. Rochefort. NJ.
Iss,eur made TO me the following state
ment: at is perfectly true that the
child alluded to by NJ. Rochefort died
Of hydrophobis after incubation. She
was brought to me thirty-six days after
DE bite. She was bitten on the head,
the dogs teeth getting in close prox-
unity 10 the brain. With children the
virus works quicker than with adults.
With children bydrophobia breaks out
frequently thirty days after the bite.
REFUSED THE CASE.
"Wben the girl was brought to me
] refused to treat the case, as hopeless;
but DR.. vulpian and other highest
medical authorities told me that under
the circumstances il was my duty to
make the attempt. But the virus had
already made such progress that the
patient died. 1t is always urgent that
cases should reach me as soon as pos
sible after the bite, although there is
always q chance Of successful treatment
so long as hydrophobia has not actually
set in, and l am ready to attempt pre-
7ention by incubation at any period
after the bite, but do not pretend to
guarantee every case"
TWO NEGOTIATIONS A DAY.
ain the case Of the little girl in
question the virus had already devel-
oped to such degree that incubation
failed, although in the case Of the AL
gerian children it was successful after
q lapse Of two months after the bite.
When the Newark children reach me
shall commence NEGOTIATIONS twice a
day. NEGOTIATIONS at any time later
than ten days before the hydrophobia
would break out are always attended
v it'll risk