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we have the scwant himself as authority for the 

 dog that injured the child having been indeed 

 rabid. The inoculation began on the 7th of 

 July, 1885, and proceeded as follows: 



It will thus be seen that this child was daily 

 inoculated with a piece of spinal cord from a 

 rabbit of ever-increasing virulence. The cords 

 were subjected to the action of a dry atmos- 

 phere a shorter and shorter period after their 

 removal from the rabbit, until finally a cord 

 comparatively fresh that is, only one day old 

 was used. At the same time the child was 

 inoculated, another rabbit was immediately aft- 

 erward inoculated with exactly the same ma- 

 terial used on the child on the same day. This 

 is done with the virus used on every person in- 

 oculated by M. Pasteur, in order to keep the 

 experiments under the most exact control. The 

 result is thus reported by M. Pasteur : 



The medullas or cords which were removed from 



rabbits and inoculated on the child July 11, 12, 14, 

 15, and 16 respectively that is, which had been des- 

 iccated seven, five, four, three, two, and one day- 

 all gave positive results when reinoculated upon rab- 

 bits in a degree corresponding to the tune they had 

 been dried i. e., the freshest cords caused the appear- 

 ance of rabies in the rabbits in 7 and 8 days, while 

 the others gave results later, and the driest gave 

 none. 



The fresh cords having therefore caused the 

 outbreak of rabies in the regular time that the 

 most virulent cords from rabbits had previous- 

 ly taken, and not having caused any disturb- 

 ances whatever to appear in the boy, Pasteur 

 concludes that " the boy has not only escaped 

 a future outbreak of canine rabies, but also that 

 the systematic inoculation has so prepared the 

 elements of his body that they were enabled to 

 resist the action of the still more virulent rab- 

 bit rabies." 



The inference from all these observations 

 and experiments seems to be that the best way 

 to prevent hydrophobia in man is to render 

 rabies impossible in dogs, by making it a legal 

 requirement that all dogs must not only be 

 licensed, but be subjected to this preventive 

 inoculation. The next important step to be 

 looked for in the study of this question is the 

 discovery of the specific microbe; its extra- 

 organismal cultivation ; the production of ra- 

 bies by inoculating animals with such material; 

 and the discovery of a method of treating it 

 that will give us a preventive virus that we can 

 produce in any desired quantity, at all times, 

 without recourse to rabbits or other animals. 



IDAHO. Territorial Government. The follow- 

 ing were the Territorial officers during the 

 year : Governor, "William N. Bunn, succeeded 

 by Edward A. Stevenson; Secretary, E. J. 

 Curtis; Comptroller and Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, James L. Onderdonk, suc- 

 ceeded by Silas W. Moody; Treasurer, John 

 Huntoon, succeeded by Joseph Perrault; At- 

 torney-General, D. P. B. Pride. Judiciary, 

 Supreme Court: Chief Justice, John T.Mor- 

 gan, succeeded by James B. Hays; Associate 

 Justices, Norman Buck and Case Broderick. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature, which 

 was in session at the beginning of the year, 

 adjourned early in February. The following 

 are the principal acts passed : 



Dividing Oneida County and creating Bingham 

 County. 



To amend an act entitled " An act to fix the amount 

 of official bonds of certain county and precinct offi- 

 cers." 



Amending an act relating to killing game and catch- 

 ing fish. 



Memorial relating to Nez-Perce" Indian reservation. 



Repealing the registration law. 



Bemoving county-seat of Shoshone County from 

 Pierce City to Murray. 



Creating the office of Territorial Attorney-General. 



Eelating to graded schools in the city of'Lewiston. 



To change the time of meeting of the Legislative 

 Assembly. 



Providing for construction and maintenance of 

 Boise" Valley and Atlanta wagon-road. 



Providing for issuing bonds for the erection of 

 school-building in the city of Bellevue. 



Authorizing the commissioners of Custer County to 

 construct a jail and hospital. 



Providing for holding elections, and prescribing 

 qualifications of electors. 



For the relief of Kootenai County. 



To prevent vagrancy. 



Eelating to limited partnerships. 



Authorizing the commissioners of Bingham County 

 to issue and negotiate bonds. 



Eelating to Lewis Collegiate Institute. 



To provide for the erection of a Capitol building in 

 Boise" City. 



Eelating to the destruction of wild animals. 



Eegulating trespassing of hogs. 



To provide a uniform system of county and Terri- 

 torial revenue, and for assessing and collecting it. 



Eegulating adoption of minor children. 



Providing for taxation of stock owned in adjoining 

 States and Territories and grazed in this Territory. 



For better maintenance of indigent sick, idiotic, 

 and insane persons in the several counties. 



To establish boards of health. 



To amend an act entitled " An act to incorporate 

 Boise" City." 



To incorporate the city of Bellevue. 



Authorizing the county of Cassia to issue and ne- 

 gotiate bonds. 



Eeadjusting and apportioning the representative 

 to the Houses of the Legislative Assembly for the sev- 

 eral counties. 



To provide for election of county commissioners. 



