The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-01
FUNERAL OF PASTEUR
France TO Honor the Discoverer
of the Microbe.
WHAT SURGERY OWES TO HIM.
He saved More Lives Than ANY Other
Man That Ever Lived-His Name
Never to Be Forgotten.

Paris. sept. 3o-The funeral services over
the remains OF Prof. Louis Pssteur VINO
died on Saturday last. viii take place in the
Cathedral OF Notre Dame on Saturday
next The remains Will be deposited in the
cemetery ct Montmartra temporarily, and
the final inteImeut Will take place on Oc-
tober =, the centenary OF the foundation
OF the French Institute. Floral wreaths
and other such emblems OF mourning are
arriving from all parts ami are being de-
posted on the bier.
Edward Marshall in Boston Herald.
Louis Pasteur is the son OF a tanner
aaa lie has saved more lives than any
other man who ever lived II ais hair
is white ami his eyes are dull the mem
cry Of his achievements VIII stay bright
~ the memory OF the world forever: II
his life must soon end, countless lives
prolonged VIII add their usefulness 10 the
world 5 sum total, and thus testify that
his was not lived in vain II j. a dis
tinction TO have met him. il IS A privil-
eye TO be permitted 10 even family hint
a. what he has accomplished. Tie Pas
teur Institute is a great red brick build
Ing, Enclosed by a high iron fence on the
Rue Dutot. To reach IL. one passes the
famous Hotel des Inyalides. and the vast
buildings IN which the Paris exposition
was held from the midst of which the
Einel tower .ears its iron head. The man
who designed the unique institution. and
T. whose genius is due all the wonderful
work which has been done in it, spends
his long days ia seclusion in his great
apartment on its second floor, waiting
calmly. and, indeed, happily. for ais 18th
birthday. and the end. which can scarce
~ oe far beyond it.
H0nored as perhaps no other scientist
ever has been, the presiding genius OF this
place IS not even now content TO give up
r Ia .aN IT,
absolute rest which he has so richly
earned. and which his friends So strongly
urge. He IS no longer able to carry on
experiments bimself-it has been difficult
and often impossible for him 10 go TO
the laboratories during the last two years.
He has al last been forced TO give up even
the superintendent OF the researches
which are constantly being carried on In
the strange workshop, where science is
learning how 10 battle death. But still.
his is the dominating spirit of the place.
lie is old and III, weary and worn, but 1t
is true that not one of the world-start-
ling and world-benefiting discoveries
which have developed in the Rue Dutot
during the past five years would have
been perfected without the aid of his
counsel and advice. despite the fact that
there is every day gathered under the
great roof Of the institution such group
of learned men as have never before
worked together. along one line. in har-
mony. since the beginning Of scientific
investigation. And in all that group Of
great scientists there is not one who
would, for any price try 10 rob the mas
ter of this tribute. Charcot, himself one
OF the greatest scientists the world has
ever produced. wrote; IF II We're still
the usage 70 bestow' upon an age the
name of single man, ours might sustly
be called the Age Of Pasteur'
His work has grown out of one great
lief of science that organic decomposition
--decay-was the result Of purely chemical
action. He proved that there is nothing
chemical about it: that decay is merely
the generation OF destructive hfe-of ni-
Crohes. Pasteur might also he spoken Of
as the inventor of the microbe. He proved
that there constantly exists In the air Ger
tain forms Of life which. If they come in
contact with "A field sympathetic 10 their
growth. thrive and multiply incredibly.
consuming the substance and disorganIZ-
ing ~ in order 10 maintain their own life.
lie found that decay was the work OF these
germs Thus originated germnology-
bacteriology Bacteriology is the basis OF
almost every great uedico-scientfic dis
covcry which has been made since no dis
covered H. The science Of curing and the
science Of preventing disease have adj
Vanced by leans and bounds since this
avenue was found After he had discov-
gTeu germs ana iEfit pace IN tle Wtflt,
he discovered how 70 use them-how 70
make them fight themselves The virus of
certain diseases was made an OF germs.
These seemed to Ice proof against any en-
envy 10 them which he was able 20 create
ont OF drugs But he found that BE- could
alternate the virus-that IL 20 say. that he
could artihcialy vary the viruleuce Of the
germs He could make II weak enough SO
that u would be apparently without affect.
or ho could make 10 so strong that II
would instantly XIII. BS weakepius Il no
made IL safe To introduce "a into the veins
% animals and he fouUd that when be had
done this thoss animals We're rendered
stronger in their resistance. The germs
created proocrfy which Was fatal 10
themselves. II was the old theory Of
'+smua similibus curantur." Uike cures
liko9 He made germs sight germs.
That IS the story OF his great gifts 10 hui
nauitv. This is she order 81 which thev
are given. HIS 6rst work IVES turned 20
she protection OF the animal kingdom. lie
wiped oGt epidemic carbunclc from the
stables GO the world and destroyed hen
cholera "a disease whose ravages had been
severe and trreue6iahle. Next came The
fros supply. fiis studies OF the disease 81
vine. beer ana vinegar have entirely
robbed these three important products ~
their GauEer rs the Urigirators and COM
vas--..sfcrs 81 5tscaae. when be advanced
ia work urou the hum az system he a MAJ
81 tHo whole world ny his utter oFStFuf-
tfar1 ~ such diseases as he attacked H1-
araphor.a led ont OF the world when he
fatshf g. and his treatment 81 u has en-
shle5 other meu 60 take up the battle
along similar lines AGAINST other diseases.
ana 20 va0guish them also. HIS methods
~ isolation and disiofeCtiol TODAY pro-
fe-.t the cities ~ the earth from Contac. ous
and Infections diseases. and viii. whom
ftfOv developed make eplienics impossi-
Afe HIS asentIr and antiseptte trea
Yrerts have cleared hospitals of the dread
fu4 so-ns-or1trtant infection. septiciwla.
er.sfuelss-W hich formerly 50 often fol-
lowed the surgeons kuife. and nuli.rea
,ra ektl In isinx-iu hospitals especially
Ns,., his discoveries worked revolution
n-- rendering uuerprrRl infection impossi-
fIe II is claimed shat saoe1 mothers lives
fsy.. been saved through this method.
g. .fa ewes Of she world his G~eat-et
ysorL, has been the discovery ~ a rurr for
i,,-s---le7s7ta The horror ~ ra hies aat
.-,-,,. Down uninterrupted from the Dark
49, ~ one had tried % relieve X. No OBJ"
hst bten able 20 learn SIS true scu~ro.
--hs rnlv remedy which was ever '~lei
MS q relic ~ barha-isu- People rang
r-a~S bell iu the presence ~ sufferers
fr.r,, at,ies. and bsiieve3 that 50 qu}et~1
,-er,, This probably originated fn ire
DAVIS whom disease waS supposed 70 he a
ssSff valrh could 10 frightened s0ay aE
-,-tse Pssteur mastered ky irophohea
FIRST he STUDIED oGt - cause. learned
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