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Show -1 . DIED A HERO TO I PROTECT OTHERS I ' :l We read In tlio pa3t and every I once in awhllo about rabies. When jffl I read about that sickness It brings ' ttf , to my mind a caso which happened I Is Jf in Lulno, North Italy. It was In tho 'I year 1891 when a young robust man In the blossom of his llfo got the ra-I ra-I bles six months after a dog had bit- ten him. Medical sclenco was un-'I un-'I able to give this unfortunate man ro- I lief. Every time a spoil of rabies I overtook him, ho warned his fellow I men and told them to get out of his I way becauso ho would have to bite. I Finally ho begged his employer, own- er of a big silk factory, to see that ! somo one may Qnd his llfo as ho did 0 H ' not want to mako others unhappy. M Dr. It. fulfilled tho wish of this H poor soul. It was done tho follow- lug way: Tho patient stood in a tank partly filled with water, after r fl which tho doctor opened a vein on his foot. It was heartbreaking to aT"B seo this man without fear of death, 14 I saying goodbyo to hl3 friends and .1 fellowmen. In half an hour ho was r lifeless. re-H E. M. Maurer, Miltvlllo. |