Germ Theory of Disease

Originally published in the Eastern Medical Journal on October 1, 1886 Dear Sir: I take the liberty of enclosing you the latest report of the work done by M. Louis Pasteur, the great French inoculator, who has personally favored me with the same. The system is attracting as much attention abroad as here, even more, for abroad his successes are …

Originally published in the Eastern Medical Journal on October 1, 1886 Pasteur has used it with marked success in the treatment of rabies; he does not claim that he can cure the disease, but from numerous experiments upon animals he believes that its development can be prevented even after the person or animal has been bitten by a rabid dog. …

Originally published in the Eastern Medical Journal on July 1, 1886 In view of the great interest now taken in this subject in consequence of the brilliant investigations of Pasteur, I think it desirable to take an early opportunity of stating that I have found the microbe which appears clearly to constitute the virus of this disease. It is a …

Originally published in the Eastern Medical Journal on June 1, 1885 The first statement of M. Pasteur since the recent deaths of the Russians at the Hotel Dieu has just been made before the Board of Health. Referring to the case of the who succumbed to hydrophobia on March 22 last, M. Pasteur said that the man had been bitten …

Old and New Superstitions – The Dog Days and the Dog Star – Progress of Madness – How to Treat a Bite – M. Pasteur and his Discoveries. According to almanac makers we shall shortly be passing through the dog days. The star “whose burning breath,” as Homer sang, “taints the red air with fevers, plagues and death,” will soon …

Four boys from Newark, NJ sent to Paris for Pasteur’s treatment. Intelligence has been sent by cable from France that the Newark children who were bitten by a rabid dog and sent to Paris for treatment by the eminent French scientist, M. Pasteur, arrive in safety. No time was lost in conveying them to the capital, and the great man, …

So much depends upon a settlement of the question whether Professor Pasteur really has or has not, out of all the incalculable possibilities of error, succeeded in choosing the one and only truth in relation to certain pathological conditions, that the length and earnestness of the debate that is going on may well be pardoned. For nearly a quarter of …

M. Louis Pasteur, who is undoubtedly the most distinguished chemist living, has completed at his laboratory in Paris a series of experiments which have led to important discoveries in regard to the treatment of hydrophobia. The conclusions reached by the great experimentalist, which are to be embodied in a report to the Academy of Sciences are of a character fit …

Dr. Edward C. Spitzka of New York Science is not always more fortunate than religion in its exponents and ministers, and men of fair and moderate minds will be slow to judge either cause by the mistakes of its conspicuous professors. These may differ in opinion on grave subjects and they have varying standards as to method. But all men …

Six little children were bitten by a dog in Newark on Wednesday night. There is reason to believe that the dog was suffering from rabies when the wounds were inflicted, from which fact it is fairly inferred that the children are in imminent danger of the awful disease known as hydrophobia. There is no disorder known to the faculty which …