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and the whole world showered its graft
tude upon him.
Then came the building of the Pasteur
Institute. No one seems to know just
who originated the idea of the institu-
| ton. If Pasteur did, it is certain that
! he did not originate the idea of naming
! it after himself. But the people of
| France took it up as they have never
taken up anything before or since. Sub
scriptiOns poured in. The building and
its fittings were provided for in a jitfy.
1t is one of the most wonderful build
ings in the world.
It was in this building, and through
experiments, if not inspired by Pasteur,
then at least, made possible by what he
had discovered, that the marvellous cure
for diphtheria which has delightsd the
world was found. DR.. Rub, who is one
of the two men credited with having
done most to develop it, is one of Pas
tuer's most trusted lieutenants. Indeed,
he may be said to be in charge of the in
stitute now that the great man himself
has become too feeble to attend to its af-
fairs. BY some Rub is spoken of as a
man who will succeed Pasteur. But no
man can do that.
1t has been said that the injections of
buJl-IOAlnC, NullO JuCJ IlISllG CulG JiO
diphtheria, were also likely to cause
| other mplications-in fact, that the
cure was sometimes worse than the dis
ease. | asked DR.. Rub about this.
ut is not true" said he. 'In all the
cases which have treated | have not
once found any bad effects. The state
ment that the diphtheria cure unfavor-
ably affects the kidneys is unfounded.
AS Il matter of fact, we have demonstrate
| ed that there are fewer traces of albu-
men after the treatment than before. If
that means anything it means that the
diphtheria cure has good effect upon the
kidneys.
See what it has DONE" he went on,
'In FrauCe-taking the nation as whole
and not merely figuring on Paris-the
mortality from diphtberia has decreased
to between 10 and 10 per cent. Little
more than a year ago, before the cure
was used, it amounted to between 80 and
60 per cent.
Its a great age, and we shall do great
things in it." he said. ''Of course,
neither nor anybody else has any def
mite idea as to what the next important
| discovery will be. Each medical scientist
chooses his field. Then he works that
field until he has done all that can be
done with it, not crossing the fence and
encroaching upon reighbOring land. We,
for instance, devoted our time to the one
disease, diphtheria, until we had done
all that we could do with it. Others are
giving their whole attention to cOnsump-
tiOn. Others to typhoid fever. One
man know of is doing nothing except
study scarlet fever. If he does not in
Yolve a cure for that often fatal ailment,
shall be very much surprised, although
it may take him years to do it. He is
young, and may very well work 20 years
without becoming worn out"
DR.. Rub thinks that the next really
great scientific advance may very well be
along the line of cancer cure. The steril-
lied poison of erysipelas is being used
very freely in cancer cases. and with
splendidly successful results.
DR.. Rub is, as is, of course, the entire
medical world, very much interested in
the study of cOnsumptiOn-tube
He has made no experiments with that
disease himself, but he is carefully
watching the works of others.
81 have an idea," said he, that con-
sumption is conquerable. l thoroughly
believe that it will be beaten before long,
and that thus the greatest single scourge
that menaces human life will be cone
away with. Some one ought 10 rise up
and explain that DR.. Koch, the inventor
of 'KOch's lymph has by no means
failed in what he undertook. He never
claimed that it was a panacea for con.
sumption. He merely hoped that it was
a step in the right direction, and that it
would lead to the development of a real
cure. 1t has done wonders. While it
cannot be said to be consumption cure
in every sense of the word, yet it is true
that in cases of simple tuberculosis it
really does cure, and that in compound
disease and the greater part of con-
sumption cases are compound-it makes
an absolutely definite diagnosis possible,
which of itself is a vast advance. Koch's
lymph, whether or not the public is so
mistaken as to laugh at it, is not laughed
at by science. Men who know recognize
it as one of the really great discoveries
of modern medicine, and regard the man
who discovered it with respect accord
ingly.