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consultation with Pasteur. The position and num- 

 ber of the bites, their severity, and the obvious 

 contact of the dog's saliva ; together with the cir- 

 cumstance that so long a time had elapsed between 

 the bites and the application of cauterization, made 

 the case a particularly dangerous one. 



Pasteur secured quarters for the mother and 

 child, and consulted Doctor Vulpian, in whose 

 careful judgment he had much confidence, as to 

 what should be done. Both Doctor Vulpian and 

 Doctor Grancher, when they had examined the 

 bites, decided that the first inoculation should be 

 performed as soon as possible. They administered 

 the fourteen-day preparation of spinal cord, and 

 followed this by the inoculation with cultures of 

 decreasing age according to the usual method. The 

 boy, who had looked with alarm upon the approach- 

 ing ordeal, finding that it amounted to little more 

 than a pin prick, soon lost his fear and was quite 

 happy during the subsequent days of his treat- 

 ment. 



As the inoculations increased in strength Pasteur's 

 anxiety became greater as he counted the days 

 until the period of danger should be passed. 

 "Your father has had another bad night," Madame 

 Pasteur wrote to her children; "he can hardly 



