The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-01

was a serious matter 10 introduce the
active element Of so horrible a disease as
hydrophobia into = mans blood What
IL instead Of making him proof against
rabies. he should give him the diseaseT
The possibility was not a pleasant one.
and il was a hard thing 70 find subject
who was brave enough 10 accept the
scientists confidence as certainty, and
submit himself 10 the experiment But
ar last one was found He was a shep-
herd boy. and the hours that interviewed
between the giving OF the first dose and
the time when II would he possible to as
certain whether the medicine would cure
or Kill were anxious ones But they end
ed at last, and the medicine was found 10
have cured Pasteur had solved the prob
lem offered by one or the most horrible
diseases 10 which flesh is heir. and the
whole world showered it's gratitude upon
him.
NJ Pasteur never talks about himself
About his science he viii talk untiringly
But a more modest man never lived
There IS something Ike Abraham Lin
coin in this phase Of the man. he rose,
also. like Lincoln, from the humblest be-
ginnings. He is proud Of what he has
done. but he is not proud of himself for
doing IT, His fathers tannery was not
profitable enough 10 support the son after
he had grown 10 youth, so he taught a
French country school for the equivalent
OF $50 q month. All the time he studied.
Night and day. day and night So, in 1856
he was admitted TO the examination for
physical sciences and made a doctor of
science Then he was appointed professor
OF chemistry in the high school at Dion
BY that time he had begun 10 make him.
self felt-that is, he had begun TO make
the scientists of France laugh al the alb
surdity of his theories. That apparently
did not worry him. He went on talking
about his theories. and during the sue
ceeding years. up TO 1867 while he was
successfully member OF the faculty OF
Strasburg. head OF the faculty at I.isle
and director OF sciences in the normal
school at Paris. he began 10 make
people believe that he would prove
some of them. All az once he did prove
some Of them. He utterly discounted the
OLD school lie won every point. He laid
opposition low. RE Was made professor
in the Sorbonne. He gained the Rumford
medal IN reward for his studies OF light.
the Austrian prize of 10000 forms for
having discovered the best cure for the
sllkworm disease, prize Of 1900 francs
Tor his work on wine. vinegar and beer
FINALLY, in 1879, life pension of 1900
francs annually was voted him by the
Ffencn government, and he entered into
MS exalted position of the greatest living
scientist In France--of the greatest scien-
ust France had ever produced
Ihen came the building of the pasteur
Institute. No one seems to know lust who
originated the idea of the institution. If
Pasteur did. il is certain that he did mt
originate the idea of naming it after him
self. But the people of France took IL IN
as they have never taken up anything be-
fore or since. Subscriptions poured in
The building and its fittings We're proyid-
Cd Tor IN JifTY. Ii is one OF the most
wonderful buildings i'm the world Ii was
~ 40 EsHE Il
II not inspired by Pasteur, then at least
made possible by what he had discovered
that the marvellous cure of diphtheria
which has delighted the world, was found
Dr. Rub. who is one of the two men cred
tied with having, done most 10 develop it,
Is one OF Pasteur's most trusted lieuten-
ants. Indeed, he may be said TO he in
charge OF the institute; now that the great
man himself has become too feeble to at
tend 10 its affairs. BY some. Run is spok-
en- OF al man who will succeed Pasteur
But no man can DO that.
II has been said that the injections Of
anti-toXine. while they might cure the
diphtheria. were also likely 10 cause other
complications-in fact that the cure was
sometimes worse than the disease. | ask
ed DR. Rub about this, 1T is not true, -
said he. In all the eases which | have
treated | have not once found any bad
effects. The statement that the diphtheria
cure unfaVorably affects the kidneys is
unfounded. As matter of fact we have
demonstrated that there arc fewer traces
OF albumen after the trea tment than he
fore. If that means anything, IL means
that the diphtheria cure has good effect
upon the kidneys. See what IL has done"
he Went on. In FranCe-taking the ma
ton a whole. and not merely figuring on
Paris-the mortality from diphtheria has
decreased TO between 10 and y per cent.
Little more than "A year ago before the
cure was used, 1t amounted to between %
and 80 per cent It's great age. and We
shall do great things in it he said. "Of
course, neither | nor anybody else has
any definite idea as To what the next i'm
portant discovery will he. Each medical
scientist chooses his field. Then he works
that field until ne has done all that can he
done with it, not crossing the fence and
enCroaChing upon neighboring land. We,
for instance. devoted orr time 20 the one
disease. diphtheria, until We had done all
that we could 10 with IL. Others are Civ
ing their whole attention to consumption.
Others 10 typhoid fever. one man / know
of Is doing nothing except study scarlet
fever. II he does not evolve a
cure for that often fatal aiIment
I shall he very much surprise, although il
may take him years 10 do IT, He Is young
and may very well work twenty years
without becoming worn out" Dr. Run
thinks that the next really great scientific
Of cancer cure. The steriized poison Of
erysipelas is being used very freely in can
Ger cases. and with spiendidly successful
results
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