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and two months, from October, 1885, to De- 

 cember, 1886, 2,682 persons who had been bit- 

 ten were treated there, and out of this number 

 only 31 succumbed. The efficacy of the method 

 had been demonstrated. 



Pasteur took an interest in the children 

 whom he treated, and lavished caresses and 

 presents on them. He wrote to them, after the 

 course of treatment was over, trying to keep 

 watch of their subsequent lives, and urging 

 upon them the advantages of honesty and in- 

 dustry. The great man, surrounded with the 

 halo of glory, and over-burdened with his la- 

 bours and his thoughts, found himself pa- 

 ternally drawn towards these little ones and 

 they were his best source of repose. 



