Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-01-12

millions Of sheep each year, pby
this treatment, reducing the fatality
from 1910 to 20. aFaN
Mad Dog-Rabfes
The third great application was to
rabies. He did not discover the m1-
crobe. He made a culture from the
spittle of mad-dog. He weakened
the virus by exposure to the air.
He divided dogs for the experiment,
Just as he had divided the sheep in
the anthrax experiment. He took
the virus from the spinal cords OF
infected rabbits, for 13 days. The
dogs thus treated lived, when Bit
ten later by mad dogs. Those un-
treated died when thus bitten. He
hesitated to extend the treatment to
human patients.
Events forced this upon him. JOS
eph Meister, an Alsatian boy, was
brought to him, his arms shredded
with the bites Of mad dog. The
case was called hopeless. He treat
ed the boy and cured him. OF thou
sands thus treated who were strick-
en- in this most horrible way, less
than one percent died. OF the 1O4..
900 dogs treated in these expert.
ments, only $50 died.
Pasteur declared, ''It is in the
power Of man to cause all the par
asitic diseases to perish from the
EARTH Think what this means.
Parasites cause 1870 of all disease.
and bacteria 1870 of all disease,
with 500 of all deaths. All infec-
ton is from bacteria entering
~, cir n1Jth
or digestive track The body makes
it's own defense against these invad-
ing enemies. But when they multi
ply million times in a day the
body may succumb to the superior
numbers The resistance of the
body is multiplied by incubation.
The average life has been length
ened from 33 to Sc years, since
Pasteur's day The corresponding
death-rate has decreased many fold
in many diseases. We now know
our foes, their method of approach
and attack, and the field tactics OF
victory. We have the absolute cer-
tainty of preventive treatment, as
admitted by Koch, Pasteur's oppon-
ent, "Shut off the source of 1nfec-
ton" Hundreds of thousands OF
cases demonstrate the reliability OF
vaccines. sera and anti-toXins. Why
should any sane being follow cum
ningly devised fables, when he may
have the care of skilled and accred-
tied physicians, men who have haz-
arded their lives to cure the most
dangerous and malignant types OF
disease.
I'D
have been fabulously rich. He new
er commercialized single d1scov-
cry. He treated all patients free.
Overworked, he literally sacrificed
his own life to the welfare of hui
manity.
His Life And Influence
Those who have read of the colos-
sal work of Louis Pasteur, would
like to know more of the man him
self. 1t is a fascinating story. The
greatest gift France made to the
world was a peasant boy. He was
born in the little town Of Dole. close
to the mountains in Jura. His
grandfather was a serf. He pur-
chased his own freedom. His father
was a soldier, decorated by Napoleon
Bonaparte, later tanner, who with
nc education, kept up his studies TO
the time of his death.
The Pasteur lad had a mother
who was intelligent, enthusiastic,
imaginative 'tTo love like the
Roaui' was a method of comparison
in the neighborhood Jeanne Roqu1
was of fine parentage, and affection
was characteristic of the home and
family Her son was to be called
tho father of bacteriology, and "the