The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17
TAKING THE PASTEUR CURE
a GROHING NUMBER or PdTTEN7s
At THE ~INSfIrETE HERE.
Causes OF the Observation-Disclosures Of the
Two Deaths Among tho Patients Last
henr-The Treatment and Its DANCERS
TO the Physicinns-M ntSinr Dogs immune.

causes OF the Observation-Disclosures OF the
Two Deaths Among tho Patients Last
hemr-Ihe Treatment and Its dancers
TO the Physicinn- Making Dogs Immune.
An unusual number of persons have applied
Mt the Pastcur Institute In this city for treat.
ment to protect them against rabies follow.
ing dog bites since the beginning NJ this year.
At the present time there nre twelve human
patients at tho institute besides two pct dogs.
The total number of persons who have been
treated since Jan. / Is cighty-nine. During
the whole Of last year the total number Of
persons treated vas LOO.
Whether the Increase In the number OF pa
tlents IL occnsioncd hy there being a greater
numb,r of rabid dogs in tho country. or 10y
the fact that the institute is bee oming better
known. he's not been determined, 1ut 1t is lie.
lieved that the latter Is the cnse. The success
OF tho treatment 20 far has been remarkable.
There has not been n single death among the
patients so far this year, the insti ute doctors
assert. and. according to last years report,
there were but two deaths among those
treated. In only one case do the doctors admit
that the treatment was n failure.
This was the cusc OF Charles Andrews. five
years old. Of Jackson, TIA. He was deeply
bitten on the left cheek by n nelghbor's dog
on Oct. ~. The dog, which was killed imme-
diately after II bit young Andrews, had been
bitten three weeks before by n strange dog.
The latter had also bitten several other dogs
and some cows. which aftcrwnrd died of ny
drophobia. Young Andrews vas taken To the
Pasteur Institute on Oct. II, five days after he
was bitten, and he died on Sow. 90. twenty
two days after the end of his treatment. Be
cause OF the depth of his wounds and of the
long time which had elapsed when he reached
the hospital. he was not only treated with the
regular Pasteur injections of hydro phibia
virus. but he also received an injecti IN of
serum obtained from a dog which had been
1t against hydrophobia. Speaking Of this
cuse; enc OF the doctors said:
People do not yet realize the need Of say.
Ing time in such cases. There Is n great diff
ference in the time that It takes the disease to
deyelop, in cases where the wounds have been
parts. Of the body. especially near the hend.
and in those, where the, wounds, are on the
legs. or have been made through the clothing.
the limit of t',no that may. elapSe before we
the latter class OF cases we may. succeed when
as much as twelve days have elapsed. In all
ment as early as possible. We can do moth
ing If the disease has developed so far as to
S" STn t's 'y @as the + Br sns FSi''nI ad who was
brought to us this winter. Then / rcmcmher
the case of a middle aged man, the father Of
hone You cpn Imagine ,the agony Of II;
save him. lie died two days nfterward.
The whole theory OF the treatment is to
the microbes of the disease create before the
rabies in The patient. Ne d" this by intro,
I 2'rns # first coi 4 very Try ,MS hd nTepHrati"n of II, Tie
and then we int Introduce Stronger p"ge 's and strons ".r
preparations. until the last ones would create
rabies themselves If the system were not al,
ready used to overcoming them. The cells
get used TO fighting and overcoming the poison
and when the virus from. the dog bite gets to
tt.np1E I'm a. 10 nnlt. f~r IL II nnNry - ynn
sometimes as II the cells knew more than we do.
There is ALWAYS hone for a patient, until he
It Is after he has been bitten, for the period OF
Incubation, OF the disease varies greatly, with
fifteen days. hui. we know Of cases where it
has taken two, three. or even four years for it
to develop. Then. again. there are many per
strongly, that. although they have been bitten
by rahid dogs. they do not become mad. On
virus acts in a shorter time than the usual
Of R;eyr9n. Ga. He was bitten on MAY is: on
It was fifteen days liter. on June j !. Wien he
was rnt under trentment lie was dis.
fIorSV the on fact oH" that his his" d i. II 'W took p anys , oniy
twelve days, after the end OF the treatment.
and Snd before the he'll. las, ,h iHiee cion; Ct The virus had I'D
when he would have died had he not been
t'~'S' ~ "h' az 'hIiN wv NV tlNS say
ords Of this HOSPITAL Is the ecoqr"phicnl dis.
have .%e' not hcs M tanSuiated vet. but s't thew ' are bes
lieved to be distributed like those of last year.
p ot snf i" Ssw Esw fo *. S West VirrinI" 49, 8
Pennsylvania rs. Delaware II. Massachu-
Canada 3. Texas ., North caroline 2: Ken,
tTGhy 2: and Indiana, Arkansas; Missouri;
Indies one each. The friend; Of manv of the
patients bring with them the head Of the dog
Of the animal is removed by the doctors at
the Institute, and n pr, pa ration Of this is in
iected into the brains Of some rabbits or
''Often and often said one of the doctors.
hvdrophohia fro n The poison Of Tie ddSs that
bit him. about the time that his treatment was
ending. but I would not have dared to show
Turning to the records of last years work.
have been mad. either because # the expert.
mails. or persons bitten by them dtod ~ nv
drophob'a. Twelve were bitten by animals
and ninety. eight by animals in which hydro
phohia could only he susnectcd.
ment' Not only IS It refused to those in whom
the disease has made too great progress, but 1t
Is also refused It, pcrsons, who have been bitten
were 27l persons VIII" applied at tho Institute
last year Their wounds were simply dressed
and cauteIiZed.
OF mad dogs, there are two kinds. DIR. Glhicr
saws. The worst cases nre those in which the
animals become paraly7ed. Fortunately few
ncrsons are bitten by these for obvious reasons.
but where. such n dog does innict a wound the
natient ~ liable IN be attacked nv hylrophnhia
In ten or twelve dRvs. In the other cases. those
nf the mad dogs Of the streets, the nerves. in
t tcSse c ex ne,me paF" ( bitn form Gr" n t,i " sort Of Fl I'm, M
dog will take usually from fifteen 70 twenty
DAYS to produce rabies. One OF the things not
pnpnpalIv n pprngf.tnl IL fNa rial rttp ly tI,. nj y /
sicIans who prepare and administer IN" virus.
~ hit of tho brain Of n mad dog or one OF
the animals from which sc take the ViruS fOr
treatment. or u little of tho prepared virus of
the strength that we Use for the --latest inicC-
tions. would II II got on n cut or into ones eve.
Oring on rabies, II we did not prcnHr" ourselves
for such chances" 9aid ore OF the doctors.
Every one NJ MS has gone through tho treat
mcnt 10 mRk"u us immune 10 this poison.
w take tn" same course Of treatment that
we give IN patients who have hnon bitten. and
this viii protect ~ from hydrophob!R for from
eight to ten wears. II does more y clvea -