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ply a scientific scheme for the promotion of more vigorous and 
comprehensive researches in the nature and history of rabies, and, 
denying the value of the results already accomplished in that direc¬ 
tion, if not indeed, blind to the fact of their discovery, seem to be 
quite indisposed to appreciate or sanction the necessity for any fur¬ 
ther expenditure of the money. But the proposed Institute is not to 
be a mere dispensary for the treatment of rabid patients, noi is it 
strictly only an establishment devoted to the prosecution of fHi¬ 
ther researches in rabies. It is to be, comprehensibly expressed, 
a patho-biological institute, in which contagious diseases of every 
kind are to be investigated as thoroughly as possible, with what¬ 
ever scientific agencies and appliances may be attainable, and 
every subject connected with the science of micrology will, i 
therefore, be taught at the Pasteur Institute. The suggestion 
which makes the name of the famous chemist the patronymic of 
the institution is a wise one. The science of micro-biology is 
. largely his debtor, and in recognizing this fact by responding 
liberally, as they have done, to his call for support in a good 
work, his countrymen have honored themselves as well as Pas- j 
teur. Dr. Fleming speaks truly, when he says that “ France 
now stands far ahead of every other country in the encouragement 
she gives to science,” and not many well informed scientists will 
dispute the verdict. 
Swine Plague and Texas Fever Commissions— The remark 
of Dr. Fleming quoted above may be fitly accompanied by 
another utterance of the same gentleman, to the effect that “ in¬ 
vestigator of the Pasteur type cannot be created by State inter¬ 
vention,” which, however, leaves room for a word of qualification. 
It is true that the State cannot create the accomplished investi¬ 
gator, but it is equally true that when the man of genius is born, 
the State may very largely contribute to the efficiency and valu e 
of his studies and his discoveries, and that one of the methods by ; 
which this can be accomplished is the establishment or “ creation,” 
and endowment of patho-biological institutes, and other similar | 
centres and promoters of study and knowledge. And it gives us 
pleasure to notice that our National Legislature is not wholly obli¬ 
vious, in a way, to this truth, and that, in fact, there already ex- 
