Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-08
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| eTdinb IL 9yookiine, Mrs. Temperance Piina,,o,
remains in II ton Jan :, Mss I'm instance In one
tso up to 10 or 10 days, is produced wbs
fasteur call marrow Of one, two, 10 or II
| Rs strenRth, and 80 on-becominp Iess and
Hs VlIuient. When one wants to use it. be
Gus on nule round piecs OF about a cent?
mere in length, which is mix.l win m,
ofo.h In quantity suitable for .reatino fop,
OF i've persons.
| lhe FIRST evening each child received half a
| prA'as or hypodermic syringe full of broth
| VIA marrow OF l3 days's strength. An adult
reserves each time ihree-quarters of a syrinoe
or whole syringe full. Tue morning aft,y
that at l | O'Clock, each child received half a
syringe OF the broth and marrow of - davs.
and since the second day they have come ev
cry morning to the laboratory TO receive ,bs
lnoe1laiion. Each day was taken marrou,
thst vas one day younger, and therefore one
dAy Stronger. SO the children would arrive
al oeng inoculated, at the end Of about 10
or II lays, with marrow of from one 10 two
days strength, which is certain to give a rsb
OH rabies, by trePanning, al the end of six
uayS Inc nrst marrow, OF 10 days, would
not al rabbit. That Of six or seven davs
Kills them at the end of 10 days and does not
Affect he child. Tue treatmsnt lasts about
ten days. The inoculAtion causes no main
beyond that produced by th. prickinR of A
very nue needle which is inserted in the skin
III tue SIDE, one day on the right, another dny
on the eft. At the end of & few dAys tLs
cnHuren bear the prlcking evn without cry-
ing lhere is no inflammation or rednass
unless u be on the last day aftg tbe inocnIa'
ton OF the most virulent marrow, but there
Is no pam even then. During treatment ma
lehts can go out and do what tey please. II
Is enough that they should svoi exercise.
NJ Pasteur's method consists inoculatinO
tue system with virus which dselops quick.
or than TIE virus of a mad dog This latter
III reSilty develops itself in rabbs By trepan-
hing al Tie earliest in 10 or 20 dys, and that
OF NJ Pateur in six. When the.reatment il
undergons in time, the inoculAte virus pre-
vents the development of the lbies virus
and consequently renders it hrmless. In |
most cases the treatment will not % h,o late.
ior cases are quoted where the mural incu.
ostion OF iables has not taken plts for two
years. The shortest time in wlch rabies
mas declared itself is 40 days at leal People
generally have taken that time aft the bits
mas been received to come to Parilin order
TO place themselves under the care nj. Pas
teur.
would 1t not be an advantage II, stead of
coming tron all points of the elos to M
fasteor, eacl country, and especial Aheri-,
ca were 70 lave special hospital (, HYDRO
Phooic patients have made it oirt TO
OBTAIN the opinion of the illustriou safsnt
rIniseH ~ on TINS subject Several ties of
lsuoS ana OF foreign countries, NJ. asteur
Iishments for applying his creative trau,ent
against hydrophobia. The foupdipof fbe
establishments is, for the present, prentufe. {
In any case, one establishment would saf-
hoieh' Ior each country such as Franc Gef.
many england, Russia, and the bitod
o'a'es' Inc poor could be taken theres az
e4Pense OF the municipalities, who woulpro-
Vlue Ior thelr maintenance during their ay4
ana even single establishment at Paris ,uld
sufhce for all Europe. M. Pasteur iists
on this point. Observations ads
up 10 today upon nearly 100 persons-u 10
no" la persons have been inoculated iuhs /
laboratory, and the number increases ery !
ay-haVe proved that the treatment (prer- :
aoie' II Is true, Immediately after the biteis
'sil 'Ihcaolous after about Ia days, even win h
i,. uaA oeen no oauterization. If thiss- i
SUIT is verified In the future, Rs it is 10 be b,.
cd II VIII be, one sees that people could Goa
10 Farls In time, even from as far az Amer,
or the frontiers OF Russia. The expsnses
Lne journeys of all the patieuts would be /,
n,Bu than those necessitated by the create
u hospitals IN other countries At any rat
hese hospitals cannot be established al oncJ Z
ior several reasons. II any one wanted 4
OBTAIN for himself the virus of M. Pastso, 2
although the method is very simple aud nrac
Ica, 1t would require two years TO do il NJ
F4sleur commenced his experiments in No. Q
Iemoer, 1882, and they have thus LASTED N, Y
hree years. But, above all this, there does Z
lot exist, beyond NJ Pasteur aud those am. d
1ioyed IN bis laboratory, one single person in O.
ne world capable of Undertaking the trsst- !
nent with certainty. Special apparatus and q
arrangements are necessary, a considenbIs
Der OF animals, and, above all, an linda, /
sngaole and reliable staff for one must ha |
prepared every day of the year to COMMENCE
me or several treatments. It would be mac
ssary to have at least two directors 10 ha
hospital, besides several doctors 10 inoonl1ts
in short, very numerous staff, which n
would be impossible TO form in q few day,
nd the slightest imprudenoe, though invI,,
ntary, would be followed by the most tsni.
Die eonst quences, the least of which woud
70 to Kill the patients instead of curing thar
Pasteur is Of the opinion that only ola
establishment is necessary. A hospital at n.
ID would suffice for the whole world.