The sun., 1916-09-24
By EDWARD

TIME name Pasteur means much
in every portion Ut the world.
and at all times now In Paris.
and, indeed, In all Of France, 1t la "A
significance especially deep and mo-
mentous, for the Pasteur institute Tin
normal times principally u place Of
scientific research marc or less alb
stract) has been transformed into the
head source " that scientific magic
which is doing all that can be one to
mitigate for the French people the
horrors OF this war.
The great Pastcur is dead. but In his
place reigns DIR. Pierre Paul Emile
Noux. whose researches and labors In
the pathological and other fields long
ago made him one Of the worlds
greatest scientists.
With him I had the other day the
privilege Of as much time as I wished.
1t was the renewal of an old. and to
me wonderful. acquaintance, for 1t was
my privilege. many years ago to have
him show me. here in Paris. the
earliest demonstrations II h applica-
ton Of the anti-d.phtheritic serum.
giving me the honor OF being. I think.
the FIRST tn write Of 1t for the English
speaking lay world.
The scientists time, In these days. IL
entirely absorbed by the problems of
the war.
II Is aid that In the American civil
war modern rye was born. and |
asked Prof. Roux II he thinks this vast
conflict likely to maxi to the world Of
equal value.
II think not said he. 1T will not
have even that indirectly beneficent
effect. This war is wholly bad. ave In
the fact that the fortitude and de-
termination OF the Allies again are
growing that humanity will not calmly
tolerate oppression, brutality and
se~lfshness.
"Most. IL not all. of the scientific
work being lone for the salvation Of
the great conflicts victims was de-
veloped in peace time. Modern science
o not need the stimulus of war to
make 1t active n aspiring. In other
words, while sciencc is doing infinitely
great things To mitigate the horrors Of
the war, the war shows not the slight
est promise, so far. of contributing any
thing whatever to any science save
that OF destruction. while it already
has cost science much by destroying
the lives Of Il tragically large number
Of her most ardent and able young lev
otees In France. England. Italy. and.
OF course, in Germany and Austria"
f,xa, Ia,.. cecilia. a., .J... l,r
heard a somewhat similar expression
concerning the scientific tragedy of the
great conflict from the lips OF the great
Briton who made humanity his debtor
by discovering the important part
played by mosquitoes I'm the transmits
sion Of the malarial germ. Now II was
confirmed by the equally great French
man. These two foes Of war. working
madly as they both are to repair its
ravages and occupied by such work to
the exclusion OF all creative work. are
n In their expressions Of deep hor-
ror at the disaster which has fallen
on humanity.
"Serums are playing their important
part In the war" Prof. RouX continued,
land here at the Pasteur Institute,
where Of course all original research
has stopped las the war has stopped
most Of humanity's most useful con-
structive efforts for the time. while
1t ~retrogradcs into working for d~estruc-
tion). we are occupied principally in the
preparation Of such substances. The
demand coming from the front Is not
less than stupendous and is terribly
insistent.
I'm the beginning OF the war there
were a considerable number of cases OF
tetanus. an infection to which men
wounded in localities which long have
been inhabited are especially exposed.
as the tetanus germ develops in the
earth. or at least turks there. Injec-
tions Of the anti-tetanus serum have
been prompt n thus u really very
great number OF lives have been pre-