The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-17

Providence, begins with tho removal Of
tho parts OF the brain the base--scien.
ti6cally known as Ammons Horn--the
cortex Of the cercbrnm and the back part
Or cerebelliim. These parts arv placed
upon little glass slides three inches long
and nm inch whle and are then "smeared'
or spread thin over the length and
breadth Of the slide 10 ~ 10 reveal the
contents In detail, Aiterward the
slides are immersed In alcohol TO "hx'
or harden the brain specimens Then
comes the important stain treatment.
II Ia In respect 10 this staining that
the work at Brown has surpassed all
other methods Of diagnosis in this par
ilcular field ard given practical results
which promise new benefits to human
ity. Mr.. Hadley uses coal.tar stain
whose constituent colors are brilliant
carminc and an ultramarine blue. when
applied TO the slide the blue spreads it.
self through the brain eells and other
tissues while the carmine seeks the rab.
les germs or Ncgri bodies. which lie
within the nerve cells, and stains these
germs bright crimson. There 10 no
escape Tor the germ il seems, II II Is
present In the brain cells. there Il APP
peaIs under the MICROSCOPIC veritable
red danger signal colored thus. the
effect is rather pretty, for the rabies or.
ganisms look like carbuncles set In sap
phire. Under the microscope, which
magniiies them from 1900 to 1000 times
their actual size, the rabies germs ap-
pear on the average about half as big
as dimes,
Tho epidemic which led directly to
this improvement In the methods OF
diagnosis began last August II was pro.
badly brought into Rhode Island from
Massachusetts, by rabid dogs. In all
there have been, IL Is estimated, more
than 1000 cases Of rabies and hydropho-
bia, which fact makes this the seyerest
epidemic ever reported In the United
States Upwards OF 200 human beings
have been bitten by dogs, but Of all
those treated by the Pastcur method on.
!, one has died, and that, apparently
was a case In which complications set
in- Altogether six persons have died.
The Brown specialist, up TO the first OF
May, had examined lao cases. and Of
these just one half bad rabies. These
were all dog or cat cases. The advantage
OF tho comparatively quick method of
diagnosis in use at Brown--lasting never
more than half day--is that in case
person has been bitten the Pasteur
treatment can be administered without
delay. The earlier the treatment is
given the better are the results. If there
Is a delay Of several weeks II Is apt to
'ah
This wonderful treatment. which
makes recovery possible, according to
the records, in NIL but one out of every
10000 cases consists OF inoculatinr the
patient with an emulsion OF the spinal
cord Of a rabbit that has been inoculated
and has died of rabies, pieces OF the
cord, when dried, being ground up and
mixed with sterile water or with ster-
lie salt solution. The treatment is
given nj the Pasteur hospitals in New
York, Baltimore, Chicago. st. Louis. New
Orleans and San Francisco, The Board |
Of Health of New York City also sends |
the emulsion out OF town for use in
eases that for some reason need TO be
treated at home, The treatment takes
from ls to % days,
In New York, at the Pasteur Hospital
IL kept supply Of rabbits that have
been inoculated with rabies. Every day
there are deaths in this life saving col.
lection As soon as the rabbit dies,
the spinal cord Is removed, and, sooner
{" later, this is put into use The
longer the cord is kept the weaker is the
effect, so the usual treatment begius with
incubation with emulsion made from a
piece of cold that has been driving for
at least 10 days. The following day
the emulsion used is made from q cord
that was removed 10 days before; and
so the treatment goes on, step by step,
until finally the patient is inoculated
with dose containing cord only day
old In urgent case the progression is
more rapid; 1t may jump from the six
teenth.day cord to the twelfth, and
from that to the tenth or eigth, and so
forth, In the case of an adult, usually
two injections are made simultaneously
A single dose contains three cubic cent?