The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-10-15
SENATOR NOEL's RETURN.

i After ss.having been successful
treated at the Pssteur Institute, fo
q the bite Of arabid dog Senator Noe
0 returned from Atlanta on the evenin,
of the l1th. At Ackerman, on Sept
l7th, while on his way to tn,
court house crossing a street, th'
dog attacked Mr.. Noel, who wardet
off a second attack with law book
The wound was treated by ply
sician and Mr.. Noel went on with the
trial of the case till its conclusion on
the night of the next lay. Then he
came by home, after &pending a few
hours. went direct to the Pasteur In.
stitute in Atlanta receiving the first
treatment on the Goth, within an hour
of his arrival. He remained in AT.
lanta three weeks, and was very
kindly and Hospitality treated, spend
ing his time pleasantly, and returned
improved in appearance.
In speaking Of the matter Senator
| Noel said:
The Pasteur Ins titute is comfort
able residence, conveniently situated
and occupied by the managing ply
sician, DR.. J. M. Brauner and his wife
and at which a, limited number of pa
tients are entertained. When many
are in attendance, some board at 9TH
er points, reporting daily for treat
ment which takes but few minutes
and doesn't produce fever or any un-
pleasant result, not even change of
diet or employment.
The treatment is the same as that
of Pasteur Institute in Paris and else
where, and is purely preventive. 1t
does not differ in principle from vac
cination of men against Smallpox or
of stock against charbon. If taken
before rabies develope it makes the
system practically immune. Animals
thus treated can be shown to be
proof against rabies, the test having
been often made. As rabies rarely
develope the first month, prompt
treatment relieves one of all practi-
cal danger. When the disease de-
velopes in any living creature speedy
death is certain.
The virus hypodermically injected,
was obtained from rabid dog, orig
imally. but has been transmitted for
20 years through rshhits, and has
thus attained uniform strength and
results. Every dav the brain and
spinal cord are remaved from a rab.
bit which had rabies. Part while
fresh is injected into another rabbit
for similar use, and part is
put through a drying process in
room kept at a uniform temperature
Of 72 degrees, where it becomes
weaker daily; and is only fit for use
according to the stage of treatment
from the 3rd to the 18th day. The
treatment is begun with that of the
l4th day, and continued successfully
until that Of the third day is used,
when the patient is discharged.
Statistics show that about one person
in five die when not treated, and only
one in two hundred when treated.
Every process from the injection in
rabbits to the injection into patients
Is personally performed by a skilltul
surgeon with every aseptic precau-
lion. To keep every needed degree
If virus constantly on hand requires
laily about an hours work and the
,acri6ce of an animal. In this way
,nly can constant readiness be main
aimed.
AS shown BY the report of DR.. Sal
non contained in annual report Of
L9U0, Of the U. S. Department Of
Agriculture, made at the instance Of
he U. S. Government hydrophobia is !
much more common among human
BEINGS and animals than is generally
and that there are many
lsaths from the paralyic phase which i
ire attributed to other causes. 1t
probably causes from FIVE to ten
leaths Of people in our state annually
,esides a loss Of dogs and stock. It
loes not originate in animals, but is
,nly transmitted by one dog to an