Evening journal., 1906-08-25
CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA
Pasteur Method Denounced and the
Disease Pronounced curable by
Hot Vapor.

Hot Vapor.
Medical Record.
I have in my possession a carefully
arranged list of 394 cases treated for
hydrophobia by the Pasteur method,
from August, 1885. to uJly, 1898, all Of
which were fatal Some were bitten
by wolves some by cats, ana the vast
majority by supposedly mad dogs.
Pasteurs treatment. then, has not only
not lessened, but increased the num-
Der Of cases Of hydrophobia 1t has also
introduced a new and terrible form of
the disorder-paralytic rabies. Fur
thcr. 1t is ESSENTIALLY set forth as pre-
yentive treatment only. but of little or
no service after the attack has begun
or well-developed symptoms have APP
peared; whereas, the treatment about
20 be placed before you is simple, is not
Injurious. may be used preventively
and viii cure II administered not later
than the second day OF its develop
ment. and frequently do so even If
not given until the third day.
The treatment which / advocated is
known as that OF the "Buisson" bath
DR. Busson doctor Of medicine Of the
Paris faculty. was called in to a
woman suffering from hydrophobia.
Just one hour before her death She
wished TO be bled. and after the oper-
alton he wiped his hands on a hand
kerchief saturated with her saliva.
He Immediately noticed a small wound
upon the first finger of his left hand,
and thoroughly cauterized II upon ar
riving az his office But on the sew
enth day pain developed in the
wound and rapidly spread up the fore
arm. following the course Of the radial
nerve. AS the disease progressed, the
pain became intolerable; his eyes
were extremely irritable, with dimness
of vision; his hair seemed to stand
erect: a current Of fresh air prolong-
ed the paroxyms; there were constant
nausea and tightening of the throat,
with excessive salvation and inoes-
SAINT 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
vapor bath was able to prevent. but
not cure hydrophobia. My thought
being occupied solely with death,
sought that which was the most
prompt and least painful.
Being the proprietor OF a bath es-
tabhshment I resolved to die in a
vapor bath commonly called Russian)
took a Reaumur Thermometer in my
hands, fearing that the heat / desired
might be refused me and at
AZ degrees Reaumur d27 degrees Fab
renhei) I was cured. confess that
at first I refused to believe in a cure
which partoOk of the nature Of a mir
acle. After the bath I dined and drank
with ease. and went to bed and slept
we'll From that day to this / have
felt no sort of pain or uneasiness." 3"
The report Of his case was given to
the French Minister of Public Instruc-
tion. Thus this great discovery was
simply blundered upon. like many
another one subsequently over
eighty people bitten by rabid dogs
underwent his process. and not one
died. The theory Is simply that sweat
ing Increased by hot drink opens all
the pores of the skin, and all poisonous
matter IN the blood or in surface
wounds is forced out through the
pores"
Buisson says: "vaccinate an infant
and give II a vapor bath directly af-
terward. the vaccine does not take"
The Buisson system answers positively
all the indications for a radical cure
of the disease, while that OF NJ. Pas
teur does not and statistics show that
whereas Pasteur refused to receive
patients when hydrophobia symptoms
had begun. the Buisson treatment
cures hydrophobia when fully devel-
oped. A notable case Is that Of Paul
inc Kiehi at Paris. She was bitten,
with two other persons, by a rabid
dog. The others died OF hydrophobla.
Pauline was taken to Pasteur, who re-
fused to inoculate her on the ground
that the hydrophobia had gone past
hope She was taken to the baths In
} Paris. Faubourg ST. Honore, where
} Dr. Leon Petit subjected her to the
Buisson treatment. and she recovered
Both as a preventative and cure ii is
now well known in England. where. ac-
! cordlng TO the Herald Of the Golden
Age. it can be administered at thirty
three different Institutions under the
superintendent of qualified medical
men. II can also be procured at al
every hydrotherapeutic establishment
IN the United kingdom, and at over
seventy places in India. The Cover
nor-General OF India has accepted Il
for all the hospitals and dispensaries
under Government control and in con-
sequence thirty baths have been sent
there from London. Likewise In Amer
lea II has been tried with pronounced
succorS