The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
ness.

To-day is the first active day Of the
institute" he explained. yesterday
we had number OF members OF the
medical faculty here, inspecting the
building and the apparatus, including
the cults Of virus which hsvo been two
months in preparation"
lis the virus the same IS that en-
ploysd by Pasteur? ?"
ut Is identical. Twas with him for
several years and am familiar with all
his methods and especially with the
preparation and application Of the
virus. Whom patient comes here, after
being bitten by . rabid animal, wait
two days after the day OF the bite, and
then, II the case Is an ordinary ono and
has no specially severe features, l inoc-
ulats him fifteen times during fifteen
successive days. In the event OF tho
wounds being sore. l inoculate eighteen
days with stronger virus. l always
begin with the weaker virus.
"The philosophy Of the treatment is
this: You ancustom the body to the
poison by degrees, and then, wheL the
rabies ultimately reaches the brain,
that organ is proof against II and is
prepared to resist It, 1t Is like the
old story OF King Mithriaates, who &C.
customei his body to poisons, so that
the Vaccinations OF his enemies to kill
him by that means might fail. We
take the virus from rabid animal,
and, after dissection, inoculate q rab-
bit with It. That Ia the first genera
ton and is the starting point in the
series Of gradstions that runs through
Gal generations Of rabbits. Thus: We
take the virus from the first rabbit
after incubation, when the disease has
reached its maximum and terminated
fatally, and with 10 We inoculate
another rabbit which is generation
number two. and SO on. Meanwhile
tho virus is gradually growing weaker,
TIL after the 24lst passage it is in .
proper state for use on the human sys-
tenn.
This institute l founded with my
own money. The first patient, as you
saw, was a workingman's child. While
the institute is not designed as char
ity, IL accepts nothing from those who
are unable to pay. 1t has many friends
among the medical fraternity here and
in other large American cities, who
give us their moral support"
1t IL proposed in the near future to
erect an sdiice that will be to this
country what tho Pasteur Institute 10
to France NJ. Gibier 10 probably less
OF an enthusiast than . calm, deliber-
ats scientist, who cares little for the
applause of the world if'he be only
allowed to push forward his bacteria
logical Investigations.
A Unique Clerical Figure.
One OF the most unique figures in
New York City is Rev. Father Ducey
Of st. Leo's Roman Catholic Church,
the swell church OF that faith In that
town. Father Ducey presides over an
aristocratic congregat ton where wealth
10 reckoned by the hundred millions.
1t was this priest who was the psrticu-
lar friend OF John C. Emo, the we'll
known financier, now an exile from
New York. but a social leader in Mont
real, having succeeded In carrying
enough OF money across the border with
him TO keep him from want, even had
be not since hugely increased the
amount by successful speculAtions.
A. the time that Emo Was in hiding in
New York from the police, 10 Is said
that he was in the house OF his friend,
yather Ducey. The truth OF this state