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It is now possible to give prophylactic or preventive treatment 

 to dogs, which render them immune to rabies. In 1924, approxi- 

 mately one hundred thousand dogs in 

 Japan were immunized, and the num- 

 ber of cases of the disease was reduced 

 to forty-one. Before that time there 

 were approximately 1700 cases of rabies 

 each year among the dogs. 



Pasteur's ideals. In closing a chap- 

 ter that brings in a part of the work 

 of a remarkable man, no more fitting 

 tribute can be paid him than to repeat 

 a part of a speech made to Pasteur on 

 his seventieth birthday. The great 

 theater of the Sorbonne was filled by 

 committees from Denmark, Sweden, 

 and Norway. The members of the 

 French Institute and the Professors of 

 the Faculties were there. Students of 



medicine had crowded into every available place. Lister was 

 there, representing the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh. 

 Many offerings were tendered Pasteur, many tributes paid, and 

 the last was made by the President of the Students' Association, 

 who said, '' You have been very great and very good ; you have 

 given a beautiful example to students." 



Pasteur's voice, weakened by his emotion, could not have been 

 heard over the large theater. His reply was read by his son : 



" . . . do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating 

 and barren skepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by 

 the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations. Live in the 

 serene peace of laboratories and libraries. Say to yourselves first : 

 ' What have I done for my instruction ? ' and, as you gradually 

 advance, ' What have I done for my country ? ' until the time 



A sketch of a brain smear prep- 

 aration of a suspected " mad " dog. 

 The presence of nucleated Negri 

 bodies led to a diagnosis — "rabid 

 animal." The boy bitten by this 

 animal was given the Pasteur treat- 

 ment and did not develop hydro- 

 phobia. 



