12 A MANUAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 



The Pasteur Institute. This celebrated institu- 

 tion (see frontispiece) is not simply an hospital for 

 the treatment of persons suffering from hydrophobia 

 or rabies, but is a building set apart for the study 

 of micro-biology in all its branches. The Pasteur 

 Institute is situated in the Eue Dutot not far from 

 the Cimetiere Montparnasse on the south side of 

 Paris. It is the most perfect building of its kind 

 in the world ; the cost of erection, fitting, and 

 endowment being 100,000. The anti-rabic de- 

 partment forms a relatively small portion, there 

 being in addition an important department, in 

 which are prepared vaccines for the prevention of 

 several of the infectious diseases of cattle rouget 

 de pore (swine fever), anthrax, etc, as well as 

 laboratories, lecture-rooms, and a large library. In 

 the same building is the residence of M, Pasteur, 

 who naturally takes the greatest interest in the 

 work of the institute. 



The Pasteur Institute covers an area of 11,000 

 square metres, and consists of two blocks, running 

 parallel, one behind the other. These blocks are 

 united by a long corridor. On the first floor of the 

 front block is a room used as a library and council 

 chamber ; and the second floor of the same block is 

 entirely occupied by the attendants and servants of 

 the establishment. On the right of this block is M. 

 Pasteur's residence. The block in the background is 

 divided into two wings, each about 25 metres long, 

 and 15 metres from back to front. In the right 

 wing, on the ground floor, are the rooms set apart 

 for the anti-rabic treatment, and a laboratory in 



