The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-18


though he did II sudden, very sudden. He
was a perry (pariah) dog, and they never
have anything to eat-a big class o dog a
sore o. mongrel. When they opened him
he had only a stone and lump of grass
in his inside. A dog can't live on that So
in he rushes to my tent and bit me on the
leg and rushes out. 1t took me aback.
So passed before two boards, and they
sent me here. Coonks looked after me
TIL ! came. It's right enough being here
but It's VERY dull, Paris u.s. and | want
to get back to India We just come in
the morning to the institute about II
O'Clock, and then we get a little thing like
a big needle with something In it stuck
into the skin on the waist, and then
we're done for the day. 1t takes from a
fortnight or three weeks to cure you.
That's ALL
TITS no use foolin' about causterlzln' the
scratches, you've got to come here at
once. Hurts you just like the scratch OF
a pin, and then in the afternoon IL gets
kind of hard and bit Of pain. Generally
you 'avent any pain really. only 1t feels
as If you 'ad.
I'm be glad when Its all over They's
fine men In India. Now, there's them
Ghurkhas, they're just as good as our
men, they gets the same pay and we
drinks at their canteens and they drink
at ours We're very friendly Then they
are always in them little frontier Skin
mishes, and so they always gets praised
Quite as good as our men. Better? No
they couldn't be no better.
II was on plague duty when I got bit
IT was first rate being on plague duty
though sometimes the smells were cruel
but we got better pay and got treated
very fine / liked plague duty
Seen the French soldiers? Yes.
avent got anything against them, but
a small class of men, I'd call 'em. Then
them trousers they wear Why, there's
stuff enough in their clothes to make two
uniforms and they never fit. Now, when
we get our uniforms, If 1t don't fit we
spend few annas getting it TO look smart
Then the things they carry behind them
on the back. 1t looks 1umpy, not what
we'd call smart.
You ought to see our men in India
They're fine men in India. l get the
Jump ere In Paris, nothing to do all day.
and a dull place. l wish / was back in
India"
At this stage another of the English
patients from India, Capt. Dunlop, ar
rived on the scene, and handed Tommy
Atkins a morning paper, with the ac-
count of the defeat of the dervlshers
He gave him few particulars In CONVEX
sation which gladened the heart Of the
soldier.
From the courteous director of the In
stitute / learned other interesting facts
There are about eighty patients receiving
treatment every morning, The operation,
which | was permitted TO witness does
not last two minutes. The patient Is
taken into the inoculating room. While
waiting his turn he bares the skin about
the waist When called he steps before
one OF the doctors, who cleanses the place
with an antisepuc solution.
A second doctor has meanwhile been
charging a hypodermic syringe, which he
now hands to the first. The skin Is raised
by the thumb and forefinger of the doctor,
the little syringe stuck In, and the con-
tents injected. The operation is over for
the day. and the patient-most OF the for
eign patients stay at hotel close by-in
left TO his own devices till next morning.
Eleven patients have come from India
this year, four from England, and five
from Ireland. France supplies the larg
est contingent Germany till recently had
no case. that immunity being due to the
stringency of the muzzle regulations.
saw Two little French boys, however, who
had been bitten by mad dog which had
broken his muzzle.
The eighty pilgrims TO this shrine Of
health are a strange collectlon--bables in
arms to totterng old men and women, and
speaking all the languages Of Europe, and
some OF Asia.
Among the English contingent, now re-
duced TO three, is Mr.. Nelson Of Stockton
on-Tees, whose wife died recently Of rabies
due 10 a bite received in September. Mr.
Nelson was bitten al the same time, and,
after the death of his wife, ne was order
ed Immediately to the Pasteur Institute. He
Is getting on excellently.
The bite of the dog had left a blue mark
at the place, which had never properly
healed The wound was also at times pain
full. Now the blue mark has disappeared,
the wound has healed, and II is probable
that Mr.. Nelson will soon be able 10 re-
turn to Stockton-on- Tees quite secure from
all danger. Hhe showed me a couple Of
portraits Of Pasteur. which he had bought.
ana he said: "Plty there's no such institu-
ton in England"