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THE LABORATORY OF THE ECOLE 

 NORMALE. 



VABIOUS STUDIES. HYDROPHOBIA. 



SINCE the day when a minister told Pasteur, that 

 there were not 1,500 francs in the budget to allow 

 for the expenses of his laboratory, science has ob- 

 tained a little more consideration. At the present 

 time she has nothing to complain of : her sovereignty 

 is recognised ; her schools are becoming palaces ; 

 she has an amply sufficient civil list : she is rich 

 enough, in short, to pay for her researches. M. 

 Pasteur's laboratory has had its full share of the 

 well-bestowed generosity of the State. The municipal 

 council of Paris even wished to attach vast depen- 

 dencies to this laboratory. The old garden of the 

 ancient College Kollin was placed at the disposal of 

 Pasteur ; who at once hastened to build stables for 

 lodging horses attacked by glanders, stalls for shelter- 

 ing splenic fever sheep, and kennels for the reception 

 of mad dogs. But, while taking advantage of these 

 hospitable premises, Pasteur still retained, in the 



