The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30
SIMPLE CURE FoR HYDRoPHoB1A

PRsteur Method DENOUNCED and the
Disease Pronounced Durable by
Hot VapOr.
DR.. Beverley o. Kinnear in the Medical
Record.
I have in my possession a carefully ar
ranged list of 1914 cases treated for hydro
phobia by the Pateur method, from Aug
ust, 1895, TO July, 1898, all of which were
| fatal. Some were bitten by wolves some
| by cats, and the vast majority of suppos-
| ady mad dogs. Pasteur's treatment, then.
| mas not only not lessened, but increased
the number of cases of hydrophobia it has
also introduced new and terrible form
of the disordel-paralytic rabies. Futher, il
| is essentially set forth as a preventive
treatment only, but of little or no service
after the attack has begun or weil-devel-
oped symptoms have appeard whereas, tile
treatment about to be placed before you is
simple is not injurious, may be used pre-
VenuVely and will cure If administered
not later than the second day of it's le-
velcpment, and frequently do so even IL
not given until the third day
The treatment which l advocated is
known as that of the "Buisson" bath DR.
Buisson doctor of medicine of the Paris
faculty. was called in TO a woman suffer-
ing from hydrophobia, just one hour before
her death. She wished to be bed, and
after the operation he wiped his hands on
handkerchief saturated with her saliva
He Immediately noticed a small wound up
on the first finder of his left hand and
thoroughly cauterized it upon arriving at
his office. But on the seventh day pain de-
veloped in the wound and rapidly spread
up the forearm, following the course of
the radial nerve. AS the disease progress
ed the pain became intolera BILE; his eyes
were extremely irritable, with dimness of
vision; his hair seemed to stand erect; a
current of fresh air prolonged the par
oxyms; there were constant nausea and
Tightening of the throat, with excessive
salvation and incessant expectoration; he
had a horror of water, and a constant
longing to run and bite He continues: For
some time past ! had been persuaded that
a vapor bath was able to prevent, but not
| to cure, hydrophobia. My thought being
! occupied solely with death, 1 sought that
which was the most prompt and least
| painful
Being the proprietor of a bath estab-
| lishment l resolved to die in a vapor bath
| commonly called Russian). took a Reau-
muir thermometer in my hands, fearing
| that the heat | desired might be refused
| me and at AZ degrees Reaumur Q27
degrees FahrenheiO / was cured 1 con
| fess that at first l refused to believe in
| cure which partook of the nature of mir
acle. After the bath l dined and drank
| with ease, and went TO bed and slept well.
/ From that day to this have felt no sort
| of pain or uneasiness." The report of his
case was given to the French minister
! of public instruction. Thus this great
| discovery was simply blundered upon, like
! many another one. subsequently, over
! eighty people bitten by rabid dogs under
! went his process, and not one died. The
theory is simply that sweating Increased
! by hot drink opens all the pores of the
! skin, and all poisonous matter in the blood
or in &c
! the pores"
Buisson says: "Vaccinate an infant
| and give il a vapor bath directly after
ward, the vaccine does not take" The
! Buisson system answers positively all the
! indications for q radical cure of the dis
ease, while that of NJ. Pasteur does not7-
and statistics show that whereas Pasteur
refused to receive patients when hydro
! phobie SYMPHONIC had begun, the Busson
| treatment cures hydrophabia when fully
| developed A notable case is that of Paul
| inc Kiehl at Paris. She was bitten, with
| two other persons by a rabid dog The
| others died of hydrophobia Pauline was
! taken TO Pasteur, who refused to inocu-
| late her on the ground that the hydropho-
| bia had gone past hope. She was taken
| to the baths in Paris, Faubourg, St Hon.
ore, where DR.. Leon Petit subjected her to
che Buisson treatment and she recovered.
| Both es preventive and cure ii is now
well known in England, where, according
! to the Herald of the Golden Age. It can
| be administered at thirty-three different
| institutions under the superintendent of
qualified medical men. IL can also he
procured a every interchangeable estab-
! lishment in the United Kingdom. and at
over seventy places in India The gov
! ernor general Of India has accepted it for
| all hospitals and dispensaries under gov
eminent control, and in consequence tnir-
ty baths have been sent there from LON
Il n A arataa
tried with pronounced success.