Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-10-13
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PASTEUR'S METHOD.
Jersey Boy Inoculated Against Rabies
by an American Doctor.
N Y Sneclal PhIlndnlnhIn Prass1

Jersey BOY Inoculated Against Rabies
by an American Doctor.
IN. Y. Special Philadelphia Press.I
The other morning the Ca negie labora-
tory, in Jersey City, was the scene of an
operation destined to become historic in
the medical annals of America. The frss
human being on this side of the Atlantic
to be inoculated by the Pasteur virus then
and there felt the prick of tn he hypodernic
syringe containing the mild poison taken
from the brain of dead rabbit fourteen
days before. The patient on whom DIR.
Valentine Mott operated Is the son of DR..
William H. Newill, of POI Palisads
avenue, Jersey City. DR.. Newill Is an ex-
vice-presi1cnt of the New Jersey Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals
and an active .member of the American
Public Health Association. His son, Har-
old Newton Newill, was seven years Of
age last October. He Is slender, delicate
boy, Lut in fair general health.
The circumstances which resulted In the
incubation are briefly as follows: By
neighbors living opposite DIR. Newill's in
Jersey City a mongrel, medium sized dog
was kept rs a family pet. The animal was
gentle and of even temper, and was In the
habit of frolicking with the kittens and
chickens in the yard. A week before
biting little Harold the dog seized and
shook to death a number OF his former
playfellows. Both kittens and chickens
became his victims. On Thursday, June
"a, dog rushed upon a number Of chill
dren playing together, and jumping upon
the boy Newill bit him In the shoulder.
The animal was then closely watched. It's
eyes were congested and it became rest
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thing, and on Saturday, the 26th, it died.
The dog inflicted two wounds on Harold
Newill. One in the right axilla was one
eighth of an inch deep AMI half an inch
long. The other, in the shoulder, was
half an inch deep and three-quarters of an
inch wide. The wounds were at once
thoroughly cauterized. The evidence
seemed to show that the dog had died OF
rabies, and DR.. Newell decided to have his
son inoculated. AT ten o'clock he sat
in the faculty room Of the Carnegie build
ing with little Harold. Up in the top
story DR.. Mott was taking out the medulla
oblongata OF a rabbit just deceased. After
his operation was finished he prepared
The syringe for the incubation of tho
patient waiting below. part Of the
spinal cord of a rabbit which died Of hy-
dissolved in sterilized veal broth. and tn o
syringe was charged with the liquid.
The incubation of the boy took place In
! the faculty room on the ground floor.
Resides Drs. Mott, Baldwin and NewilI
there were present DIR. Siautard and q
number of medical students. The opera
tion itself took but moment. The side
OF the patient was barred, and the point "
the syringe was inserted by DIR. Mott I'm
the fleshy covering Of the intestines. The
liquid was discharged In the same
manner as in the administration
| of hypodermic injection of
morphine. The operation Is almost
harmless, hut the solemnity of tho scene
affected little Harold's nerves, and he cried
freely. He recovered in q few moments
and barred his right arm to show the
wounds made by the dog. The sores are
ugly in appearance, but the treatment has
been such as to purposely prevent their
healing.
The incubation of the Newill boy will
have practically the same effect as though
1t had been performed by Pasteur himself.
The virus used has passed from dead rab-
bit TO live rabbit through over a hundred
animals. The original virus from which
this is derived was taken from mad dog
and injected into rabbit by NJ. Pasteur.
The rabbit was brought to America by
DR.. Mott, and regular series Of inocula-
ffon has been kept up since that time. The
future of the Newill case will do much to
determine the question whether or not tho
Pasteur method will find footing In
/ America.