The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-14
rs THE pAsrEUE METHOD eooDs
Some Doctors Condemn II. some Believe In
1.-THE Arguments.

| Some Doctors Cos denim II, some Believe In
1.-THE Arguments.
Is the establishment Of the Pesteur Insti-
tute in New York, with the attendant agitation
OF tho subject OF hydrophobia doing more
harm than eood2 The number OF patients
treated for possible rabies by DIR. Gibier dur
ing the past few weeks has been astonshingly
| large greater. no doubt, than the number OF
| cases Of genuine rabies which would have de-
yeoped In all America in the same length OF
| time. Admitting that In majority OF the
| cases treated the patients were In no real dan
| ger OF the dread disease. 1t is still an open
| question whether tho resort to the new treat
| mont has not served the excellent purpose OF
| preventing an incalculable amount OF mental
| suffering on the part OF the persons who be-
| lIeved themselves to be In peril 1t is no doubt
true that the attention which the subject has
attracted has aroused the apprehensions OF
some nervous people who have felt the teeth
OF animals which they imagined were afflicted
with rabies but II their nervousness has not
been sufficiently pronounced to lead them to
seek competent advice. 1t cannot have amount
ed to real suffering
The human victims OF hydrophoba are by
no means as numerous as the operations OF
| the Pssteur system In this city and Paris seem
to indicate. Pasteur himself readily admits
this, and SO does DR.. Gibier his representative
IN lnlB country FuTlneTuOIo' II VulNO
possible even to guess how m any patients who
undergo the treatment Of innocuation would
become victims of rabies If they had not re-
sorted to the new virus. But there are no re-
| ported cases OF injurious effects following the
| administration OF the series OF hypodermic in
| jections with Pasteur's needle while the record
of frightful fears aayed by it ia a long one. Is
there EoSa Teas VS. e, aeen ia doubed He
Many prominent physicians In TINS country
are non believers n the fas ss system. DR.
rological Association. and one of the most
eminent specialists in the United States, is by
no means convinced Of tue value OF Pasteur's
theSry' uo - our ,ohoroto-vn so,d n-
make i act as Il aficted WIN rabies opt il Is
TnSs Tes dGs T s
symntomS Of hydrophtq 1aa This This L germ IN
has not yet discovered it. and he, doesn't
know what he is tnnoculai nan his pa
ticated case In which man has beyond Gues-
ton taken into his system by innoculatlon
suffering shHs with rabies and that man is saved
VA H. be GLAD 70 accept Ist his system. We have
At the annual meeting OF the State Medical
Of b B. 81 ae
| method. 1t had he said. greatly increased tho
in Franco. Most OF the noise making cases
were simply cases OF meningitis. and death
the 'Gd by ar e t hy msdes f BODY not G
protest against the Pasteur method. Pr.
Es p5pe oec OF d 1T
made sharp reply, denying Dr. Dulless state
points raised BY the Phiiadeiphia physician.
Sc said: - don't, think DR.; Dulles VIII gain q
believe Belle he is correctly reported when, he is
| credited with saying that meningitis is mis.
for b1 dPps he sP me sS6d and A
they are diminishing in number every day are
men OF good medical standinR'no doubt but
| they are not experimentalists. You will not
porimentai methods. On the contrary, all
are convinced Of the value OF the new method.
Take Prof. Koch of Berlin. one Of the most EN-
| OF the microbes Of cholera and tuberculosis.
When first saw him IN Paris he was an un6e-
IN Of sS nubee o and
| their results. he became convinced and freely
admitted the value of the system DE- nule ess
deaths in France has Increased by reason Of
the Introduction OF Pasteur's method is entire
DR.. Gibier also discussed Tribune editorial
in which 1t WAS asserted that most cases OF So
Jaw This was said about the recent death
from rabies at Bellevue:
dspa 9 1 EaS Nave
nS Ga form Ia S %sS D Gc,6nr OF IN
and did suspect thai The dog was H,iliSted with
hyafSphoSa .FpsSred suddsniy but We're not anm.
taxable An acute pain in tho Scared wrist Difficulty
s1 Of tie
hgt not by any of those
There hteieriDIe thirst and the pAusnt could
There neither toamag at the I mo9,nnOr
intervals OF m iA from the Interference Of muscular
h Ss sR ws. NOT not S by 0
| caused by tho decoration of the wrist.
nda "5 ' BY Fear OF The dread ds. this nstanr:
ydophSSa me y T!anT was
mS SG l Ss %e6n S s G0n
toms were Characteristic of ockiaw well as OF genu
Inc hydrophoba-
to school," remarked DR.. Gibier smiling. I'm
the first place the facts in the case mentioned
The The mouth mo- so freely that his physician could
not help getting some OF the saliva upon his
hands. end he came to ask me u ne need ap-
It is true that he had no antipathy to water.
but on the contrary suffered almost intolera-
h Ts Is popss Of eHror isse Victims H
OF hydrophobia abhor water. They long for IT,
but they cannot swallow. and on that account
because its presence Is an aRgravation Of their
great thirst. 1t Ia nonsense to talk o. the case
having been one OF ioeklaW ddydbrGpaGoa
No experienced physician can mistake It, It's
true. however, that deaths have been caused
ported by the papers a few days ago..that Of q
young man who Imagined he had hydrophoba
and died in sudden spasm week after being
bitten by dog No doubt fear caused his
death. It was not hydrophobia."
President Howell Appoints an Expert.