Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
M. PAsTEuR DEAD.
The Noted French Scientist Passes Away at
the Age of S3.

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the Age of S3.
PARIS, Sept. 3O.-Prof. Louis Pasteur,
the distinguished chemist and discov-
erer of the Pasteur treatment for the
cure of the rabies, is dead. His age
was 70. During the past two years,
owing to paralysis, he has been unable
to conduct experiments in his labora-
tory. About eight days ago n. Pasteur
sustained a violent stroke of paralysis
and Saturday he suffered from still an
other severe attack. He grew worse
rapidly and remained in a comatose
condition during his last hours. The
end was absolutely without pain. The
government has decided to hold state
funeral for the deceased scientist.
In the eyes of the world, NJ. Pas
tours greatest work has been the dis
covery of cure for hydrophobia. The
horror of rabies had come down unin-
terrupted from the dark ages. The
only remedy which was even tried
was a relic of barbarism. People rang
brass bell in the presence of sufferers
from abies and believed that it quieted
them. NJ. Pasteur first studied out it's
cause, learned the nature of the venom
in the dog, whose bite caused it. Then
he found his means of attenuating-of
thinning-the venom, until it could be
given to an animal without killing it.
He gradually increased these doses
until the animal had become so Injured
to the venom that he could stand a
dose so large that it would at first have
been fatal to him. Thus he was pro-
tected against rabies. His first expert
ments were made on guinea pigs, ra bbits
and dogs. He hesitated long before
deciding to try it on a human being
and then had a hard time getting a
subject. But finally he found one,
shepherd boy. The experiment was
successful and to-day the whole world
knows of the cure. It was in 1880 that
he began the study of IA bies and since
then his treatment has been given to
more than 16. 900 people. The NOR
tality among this number has been
about 5 per cent, the percentage de-
creasing each year. In 1892 the NOR
tality was .22 per cent. which shows
to what a fine degree the death rate
has been diminished.
This is the order of N. Pasteur's
great gifts to humanity: His first work
was turned to the protection of the an
imal kingdom. He wiped out epidemic
carbuncle from the sta bles of the
world and destroyed hen cholera, a
disease whose ravages had been severe
and irremediable. Next came the food
supply. His studies of the diseases of
wine, beer and vinegar have
entirely robbed these three inn
portant products of their danger
as the originators and communicators
of disease. When he advanced to work
upon the human system he amazed the
world by his utter destruction of such
diseases as he attacked. Hydropho bia
almost fed out of the world when he
fought it, and his treatment of
| it has enabled other men to take
up the battle along similar lines
against other diseases and almost to
vanquish them also. His methods OF
isola ton and disinfection to-day pro-
tect the cities of the earth from con-
tagious and infectious diseases, and
will, when fully developed, make cpl
denies impossible. His aseptic and
antiseptic treatments have cleared
hospitals of the dreadful sores
prurient infection, septic@mia, cry
sipelas-which formerly SO often fol.
lowed the surgeons knife and nullifed
his skill. In lying-in hospitals espe-
cially have his discoveries worked a
revolution by rendering puerperal in
lection impossible. 1t is estimated
that SO, 900 mothers lives have been
saved through this method.