Hydrophobia : M. Pasteur and his methods : a critical analysis / by Thomas M. Dolan.

  • Dolan, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1844-1907.
Date:
1886
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    CONTENTS. —♦— PART I. PAGl The study of Hydrophobia entered on a new phase in 1880.— First experiments of M. Pasteur.—A special microbe and a new disease.—-Not substantiated.—The same disease described in 1844 by Samuel Wright, M.D.—Experiments of Professor Rey, of Lyons.—Communication of M. Pasteur to the French Academy of Science, 1881.—Previous experi- ments by Eckel, Roll, Lafosse, Haubner, Rossi, Hertwig.— Theory of M. Duboue.—Communication of M. Pasteur to the French Academy, December 12th, 1882.—Summary of M. Pasteur's views by M. Vignal.—Conclusions of M. Duboue.-—Original nature of M. Pasteur's experiments . c PART II. Address at International Congress, Copenhagen, August 17th, 1884.—Virulence of virus weakened by passage through monkeys.—Increased through rabbits and guinea-pigs. —Initial inoculation on dogs.—Report of Commission. —Further experiments and methods of aifecting the virus. —Communication to the Academy of Sciences, October 26th, 1885.—The boy Meister.—Details of experiment.— Communication 2nd March, 1886.—^350 persons bitten under treatment.—-Communication 12th April.—Number reached 688 bitten by dogs, and 38 by wolves.—Case of Dr. J. Hughes.—Certificate from R. Hughes, veterinary surgeon. —Death of Louise Pelletier.—Explanation of M. Pasteur. Is it true that deaths are registered as meningitis which are really due to rabies ?—Statistics.—Establishment of an histitut Pasteur.—^Q\i-\nte.^. — Since discovery of M. Pasteur enormous number of people bitten by rabid dogs . 18