. The sanitary news : healthy homes and healthy living : a weekly journal of sanitary science. her to sendthe children to Pasteur or not. Finally, a com-promise was reached. The child that had beenthe most severely bitten was sent to Paris andthe other two, who had been only slightly bitten,remained at home. The two died of rabies, al-though their wounds had been thoroughly cau-terized, while the one which was treated byPasteur is alive and well. The first steps towardthe introduction into this country of Pasteursmethods were taken in New York. Papers nec-essary for the legal incorporation of
. The sanitary news : healthy homes and healthy living : a weekly journal of sanitary science. her to sendthe children to Pasteur or not. Finally, a com-promise was reached. The child that had beenthe most severely bitten was sent to Paris andthe other two, who had been only slightly bitten,remained at home. The two died of rabies, al-though their wounds had been thoroughly cau-terized, while the one which was treated byPasteur is alive and well. The first steps towardthe introduction into this country of Pasteursmethods were taken in New York. Papers nec-essary for the legal incorporation of the Amer-ican institute of hydrophobia were sent to Alba-ny. Arrangements have been made to inauguratethe system of cure and prevention, in St. dogs, which showed slight symptoms ofrallies, were tied up last week. If mad, virusfrom their brains will be transmitted to rabbits,and thus cultivated until it can safely be used inhuman beings. Surely, no greater boon has fal-len to the lot of man than this latest discoveryin sanitary science. 82 THE SANITARY NEWS. [Vol. VII, No. 101,. THE MT. OLIVET CREMATORIUM. Mount Olivet is the popular burying-groundfor the common people of New York. It islocated on Long Island; and it is here that theUnited States Cremation company has built,upon a little eminence, its crematorium. Thebuilding itself is in the Grecian style of architec-ture, the front portion being constructed ofwhite stone and the rear portion of brick. The accompanying illustrations fully explainthe building and its uses. The corpse is broughtin and placed upon the elevator in the center ofthe auditorium, and while the minister is con-
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