The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-11-06


vent seourges that before his dlscoY-
cries yearly claimed thousands of vic,
tins. As tribute to his memory, a
statue has been unveiled at his birth
plaee-Dole, Jura. France-and impress
siye exercises marked the event Pas
tours death occurred in 1898.
Louis Pasteur was born Dec. p,
+ 1922, and early manifested liking for
the medical profession. At the age OF
y he went to Paris to complete his
studies and made such rapid progress
+ that eventually the Academy OF Sci
ences. the Academy OF Medicine and
then the French Academy opened their
doors to him.
i Pasteur was the first TO definitely es-
tabllsh the presence and role In the
/ human body OF the heterogeneous
concerning whose existence saVants
had disputed for centuries. BY cult.
waiting germs. studying their develop
ment and following out their mode Of
life, Pasteur created, In all its main
outlines. new science, bacteriology-a
science which has since. In his hands
and those OF his successors. yielded
the richest results. Pasteur's lnyestl.
cations finally led him up to man him
self. and to him belongs the distinction
of proving that In the human body liv-
ing bodies are the cause Of contagious
disease. Also he was able to apply his
theory of the attenuation of virus, thus
IN nd atannHnfr n
when already at work In the human
organism. Such is really the whole Sc
cret of his treatment OF rabies, which
has made him one of the great benefae-
tors of mankind He had discovered
the rabies virus In the saliva and the
nervous centers of mad dogs; he atten-
uated this virus by means Of a special
desslcatlng process and used 1t TO In
oculate animals already bitten by mad
dogs. Subjects thus treated did not
become mad. He had. therefore. sue
ceeded in curing rabies In animals. The
treatment was finally tried on mana
shepherd who had been severely bitten
by mad dog-and the patient was
completely cured. Ever since, the anti
rable treatment has met with remark
able success
The natural sciences have largely
benefited by Pasteurs discoveries. but
II Is, after all. medical science that
has been most powerfully affected. By
proving that the penetration and pullu-
latlon of living germs Is the necessary
cause of contagious diseases among
human beings. Pasteur at the same
time pointed out the remedy. Thanks
to him the physician can; by means OF
suitable antlsepties. fight cro-organ-
lsms arrest their development, destroy
them, and consequently cure the dis
ease they had caused. Thanks to Pas
teur, the contagion OF infectious dis
eases can to-day be aYerted. Isolation
and dislnfectlon, II praetlced lnfelli.
gently and vigorously. are certain to
accomplish this. To-day these cpl
demic plaques can be checked and
stamped out in the place Of their origin.
Pasteur made his final great dlseov-
cry in 1886. and soon after loaded with
honors and enjoying universal admlra-
ton. he retired to the Pasteur Insti-
tute, Paris, to pass bis declining years
in quiet study. BY his life work. he
showed himself to he a sagaclous In.
yestigator, a fruitful inventor In chem.
lstry, biology, natural history, medicine
and philosophy and persistent work
err, and in his death humanity lost enc
whom the honor and admiration OF ma.
lions could not repay for services done.