Hydrophobia in relation to M. Pasteur's method and the report of the English committee : a lecture delivered in Prince's Hall, Piccadilly, July 27th, 1887 / by A. Lutaud.

  • Lutaud, A. (Auguste), 1847-
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1887
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Credit: Hydrophobia in relation to M. Pasteur's method and the report of the English committee : a lecture delivered in Prince's Hall, Piccadilly, July 27th, 1887 / by A. Lutaud. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This opinion, which I was the first to express, has been since confirmed by the most eminent physiologists and physicians. Professors Peter and Colin, of Paris ; Doctor Clarke, of London; Professors Billroth and Von Frisch, of Vienna; Professor Michelacci, of Florence; Professors De Renzi and Amoroso, of Naples; Professor Ahren, of Lisbon have condemned the intensive method as the most dangerous and murderous practice introduced until now into human medicine. THE VALUE OF THE METHOD DEMON- STEATED BY EXPEEIMENTS. As we have already stated, the experiments made by Mr. Horsley, at the Brown Institution, in order to test M. Pasteur's method of curing rabies, are not conclusive. / The first remark to be made is, that the experiments are very few. We do not speak of the inoculations made on English rabbits with the spinal cords of the rabid animals sent from Paris by M. Pasteur. The four rabbits so inoculated died the seventh day of the inoculation, as is usually the case. There is no doubt that rabies can be transmitted to rabbits, by injecting, under the du7'a- mater, the diluted spinal cord of rabid animals. The same may be said for the 4 dogs, inoculated in the same manner, which died 14 or 16 days after the inoculations. The important question was, to ascertain if an animal, inoculated by the spinal virus of the rabid animal, could be protected by the subsequent injections according to M. Pasteur's theories. This the Commission did not do. Mr. Horsley's experiments were made on dogs previously pro- tected by injecting the emulsions of spinal cord of different strengths, and then bitten by rabid dogs and cats. If they proved anything, it was that M. Pasteur can produce a state refractory to rabies ; but they do not even prove that.