Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-17

ted or, aud every forty.eiEht hours a
stronger virus is injected until the most
y~iruleat fluid is resched This s done
during tbs uncubative p3riod, and as soon
aiyer the bite 80 possible. 90 that before the
opportunity is givea to the virus OF the bite
10 produce it's effects, immunity is afforded
the subject.
H. Pastsur found that when q portion OF
the spinal cord Of a dog which had died OF
rabies alsi=iy.ted beneath the duSa mater
ii a raJ0jt. ms animal va infected with
the sane disease Of the end Of fifteen days.
me spinal cord Of the rabbi: contains the
virus q rabies equally Distributed through
ous its lsogth. 4 porlioa Of the spiasl
co-d. after removal with antisepNc preceu-
Mons, is placed il o bottle containing caua-
tic potash TO keep the air dry, and 1t IS
iouua that the viruleucs gradually dissP-
pears at q rate proportOnste to the low.
uess Of the Temperature. Thus, spinal
cords are used which have been kept dit
fereut periods of time, aud a bouillon pre-
pared from each which can be injected
u. Pasteurs experiments we're necessarily
confined, in the frat instance, to the lower
arimals, and the two Orthree persons who,
aC.er exposure to the bites Of ra5id dogs,
have since been successfully ~inoculated Dy
him. cannot yet De regarded as att0rding
sufficient evidence Of the value Of the treat
meut.
Nevertheless, there is reason for hoping
TIA, O more extended experience will no
,eai TO any ss satisfactory results thai
those already obtained.
The illustrations Of the February Cen
Htaf New York; the "Midainter mum
GEO, ars 10 be OF more than usual inter
est. Among toe Illustrated articles are
papsr on Antoine Louis Barge, TIE French
sculptor. with upwards of twenty engray
J .ugs, Ar. Gable first paper on Creole
soags and dances, The Dance in Plac,
Congo" with a number of drawings b,
: Esm5ls; and Mrs. Van Rensselaer, pape
on City DSelliugs, in her series on "Recen
Architecture in America, with illustra
r lions which Include the Somerset Gu
r. building in Boston. Mr.. ". X. Vanderbilt
, and Mr. Tifanys new houses in Ne'
York.
-
General John Newton, Chief Of Eng
. neers. United States Army, originator c
The plan and director OF the work, has pre-
pared 3 complete account OF the opera
S lions to- the removal Of the obstructions a
Hell Gate. from their beginning to the e1
- plosion Of Flood Rock, in October las
ah;ch will appear with full and new illu.
u ~traticns 80 the leading article in the Fet
ruary number of the Popular Srisnc
VoutiiI New York;.
Major General John Watts de Pey8te
will contribute to the Magazine gfAmer.
sta History New York; for February
most instructive article on "Anthon
. Wayue, in the series OF Prominent Me
. OF the Revolutionary Period" In h
+ same issue of this periodical q stirriu
- chapter 10 The Civil War Studies, from tn
l pen Of A. n. Hayes, will be entitled, "Tb
New Mexican Campaign of 1852
r.
=, The PaRsy Boston: d. Losthrop y Co.
for January Is q fiue number and is full
Il choice stories and pictures to please III
little folks, and ell for Sl.0O yer year.
\, ~
-, Science, published weekly by the Sc
ence Co. of New York, is an invaluabl
j Journal for all who are interested in cul
rent scientific thought.