Louis Pasteur (1822-95)

Louis Pasteur

detail, a valuable contribution and a positive demonstration of his "philology and erudition". The images receive, by comparison, cursory treatment. It is only after repeated perusals that the reader grasps how simple the material really is, basically three male-female pairs dateable to 1539 and their derivatives: the De Negker-Vogtherr set from Strasbourg; the Sabio set from Venice; and the Go...

Louis Pasteur surgical revolution.

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) is considered the most notable medical scientist of his time and perhaps one of the most distinguished of all times in the history of medicine. From Dole in France to Paris, from a student of crystals to "living ferments," and from chemistry to biology and medicine, Pasteur changed the world for the benefit of humanity. The genius of Pasteur dealt with the most pressin...

L'oeuvre De Louis Pasteur

At one time or another every investigator probably finds himself wishing that he were able to review everything known about a given subject, so that he might see it altogether, digest it, evaluate better his own research, and proceed with his study in full recognition of what others did before him. Few are able to reach this goal, but among these few is Professor Beach. And because with diligen...

Louis Pasteur and rabies: a brief note.

Louis Pasteur, the Father of Immunology?

Louis Pasteur is traditionally considered as the progenitor of modern immunology because of his studies in the late nineteenth century that popularized the germ theory of disease, and that introduced the hope that all infectious diseases could be prevented by prophylactic vaccination, as well as also treated by therapeutic vaccination, if applied soon enough after infection. However, Pasteur wa...