Dedication of a Home of Research inthe French Concession: Study, of Local Conditions A new Pasteur Institute was opened on Wednesday at St. Marie's Hospital in the French Concession, very appropriately on the centenary day of the great scientist. This most valuable addition to the equipment of the community in fighting a terrible disease was decided upon about the time of the unfortunate death, from rabies, of M. Guyot, and the institution has been opened especially with a view to research and investigation in the light of local conditions and not, of course (as was emphasized on Wednesday), with any idea of competing with the Pasteur service established by the Municipal Council.
The wish of the promoters is that the two shall work together for the benefit of the whole community. That there is room for this additional service was amply shown by: the capture and destruction in the French Concession last year of 1.500 stray dogs, the majority of them infected with rabies. The new Pasteur Institute, a small but handsome and excellently equipped building. will be conducted in connexion with the Aurora University, and will be under the direction of Dr. Parak, a Pasteur specialist. A notable part of its work will be the training of Chinese students in investigation and treatment of the disease, with a view to their applying their knowledge in various parts of the interior.
The opening ceremony on Wednesday was attended by M. Wilden, French Consul-General, M. de la Prade, chairman, and members of the French Council, Dr. ©. Noel Davis, Commissioner of Public Health, and a large number of doctors practising in the two Concessions,
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