PASTEUK AND HYDKOPHOBIA 



THE public has very naturally and very rightly shown 

 deep interest in the investigations into the nature and 

 possible cure of hydrophobia now being conducted by 

 the great French naturalist, Louis Pasteur. Those 

 investigations not only have a special value on account 

 of the terrible nature of the malady which there is 

 good reason to believe will be brought within the 

 range of curative treatment as a consequence of their 

 prosecution, but also are of extreme interest to those 

 engaged in the task of ascertaining the laws of natural 

 phenomena, and to all who wish to understand the 

 methods by which a great discoverer in science arrives 

 at his results. 



M. Pasteur is no ordinary man ; he is one of the 

 rare individuals who must be described by the term 

 "genius." Having commenced his scientific career 

 and attained great distinction as a chemist, M. Pasteur 

 was led by his study of the chemical process of fer- 

 mentations to give his attention to the phenomena of 

 disease in living bodies resembling fermentations. 

 Owing to a singular and fortunate mental character- 

 istic he has been able, not simply to pursue a rigid 

 path of investigation dictated by the logical or natural 



