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sitated by the injection, was repugnant to him. 



"He could witness, without much distress, a 

 simple operation such as subcutaneous inocu- 

 lation," writes M. Roux, "although even then, 

 if the animal cried a little, Pasteur would be 

 overcome with pity and make his escape, lav- 

 ishing on the victim words of consolation and 

 encouragement, which would have seemed com- 

 ical if they had not been so touching. The 

 thought that a dog's skull would have to be 

 perforated was most unpleasant to him. He 

 was keenly anxious to have the experiment 

 tried, yet he shrank from seeing it undertaken. 

 I did it one day when he was absent. The fol- 

 lowing day, when I reported to him that the 

 intracranial inoculation offered no difficulties, 

 he fell to pitying the dog : 



" 'Poor beast! Its brain is no doubt rup- 

 tured ; it must be paralysed/ 



"Without reply, I descended to the basement 

 to get the animal, and brought it back with me 

 to the laboratory. Pasteur was not fond of 

 dogs, but when he saw this one, full of spirits 



