The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-01
DOING GOOD WORK
r,STErR TREATMENT GIVEN IN
COLUMBIA FREE
Per Cen, Of Persons Bit
ten by Habid Dogs Saved Says
Report.

The Columbia Record says since
the becinn;a: OF thc present year. i9
persons. Of various ages. have re-
cciysd tae paSteur treatment for hy
droptob!a al the State laboratory in
shis citv. al no expense 20 themselves
except ,hat OF The cost Of living. For
2 year or so past this department OF
the University OF South Carolina. un
.:er the ei.!ci-ni. Management; Of Or.
z y Coward. has been treating this
disease most effectively. and II IS
baycad question that through its IN
srru!n.ntality. a number o: lives haze
been saved from this disease. which
when once Developed. can not be
cured by any means now known TO
nieiicl! science.
Five patients are now taking the
.roa;msnt under DR.. Coward. This
method OF saving human beings t-o.u
death by bites from the so-cailed
mad dogs vas discovered by the
famous French scientist whose name
=; bears. and since that time. all the
skill and knowledge CT scientists have
been devoted TO pcr:cct!ng the meth
DDS employed Il has now been re-
duced 10 q system by which SO per
cent O: those bitten by mad dc-s have
been sgred from the dread disease.
which inevitably results in death.
The process is interesting. The treat
msat IS practically painless. and dur
Ing :aei: treatment the patients are
at liberty except :or fe" minu,eS
each day.
The treatment consists essentially
in !anoculat!ES The PATENTS with the
virus containing hydrophob:a germs.
very weak 1T first. but becoming
gradually stronger. until finally the
system is accustomed 20 the poison.
and rendered immune. Thus when
the disease develops. " is rendered
practically harmless. Furthermore.
;he patient is immune from further
mad dog bites FOR 9 period OF nearly
:. year.
When a person is bitten by So
called mad coz. the first step IS 10
.xamine the brain Of the dog for
erms OF hyGropho5;a. /: these are
found. or even II not. If c:.cum-
stances are suspicious. the treatment
is given. Ordinarily. the disease will
develop in = human being in from
three weeks 70 six months. BY be-
ginning ths treatment ~ once. the
patient IS saved.
To begin with. rabbit is lnnocu-
lated with hvGrophobia virus taken
from the brain OF some animal which
has died with the disease. The virus
is placed IN he brain o! the rabbit.
and he is set apart for the disease 10
, develop This takes place IN ahout
rirn days. the animal becoming par
aiyzed at the end Of that time. The
sr:na, cord OF the rabbit is then re-
moved. cut in pieces. and placed in
the cooling Incubator. which IS main
taina; II q temperature Of 23 de-
yrees centicrade.
.Nt the end OF the first day small
particle is taken out. and preserved
on ice in Slyccri2e. Another por-
t:cn is taken out n; the end OF The
second day. and preserved In slycer-
;r.. &r! 50 on. for eight days. the
bottles being numbered 10 show the
number Of days in the incubator.
Those particles which have remained
eight days are the weakest. being
practically inert.
In general. the patient has first In
ircte! into him small! quantity o.
he cicht-day spinal cord. ground up
70 IN. consistency OF human blood
The next day. the seven-day piece IS
Injected. and so on down TO the
ona-dav pieces. II the bites indicate a
dangerous case. The next week.
re t-s1:ment b"cin again with 2
four o. tive day piece OF cord. The
treatment generally lasts three
weeks 4; the end Of which another
inrortion OF oar-!ay virus is made
Rv this time the system o! the pa
.iert hc., been gradually accustomed
a ~" poison in its strongest form.
aa.i now when the germs from the
h::r b-c;3 10 doyeiop. they are prac-
tical!v harmless X IS 4 case OF
aShting pc;Soa with poison. This IS
.hc on!, WY now fnowH 20 trent h.
l-ophcbia successfully. but the Sue
ccss of this method is proven b.; the
numbers whi@A have taken il and
wee a~ota:,iy saved from death.
Once il devc!ops IN the norma!
human system. hyd-o3hooia Is incur
able. The t-e2tmen; can DO no harm.
when well managed even Il there
were 10 disease Sars@s originally IN
he hc,:y.
This depart,a"n; is operated under
The State government. and AL the
"~2cnseS Pre- paid by appropriations
-o- his nrr~nS" Patients who ha:e
been hisrea by dos =anTosed 10 ha'e
'.ydcoaao. can receiyc the treat
-.f.-,. 10 fr,>t 20 Themselves EXCEPT
.:a 6! l..in= rxp@ns"s while IN Co
sumAil. i'h.S treatment is the SAT-
a> that given hy he pasieur iust:-
;u;.s n va-;ous parts OF the country.
In this connection L might ae .E-n-