﻿LOUIS 
  PASTEUR 
  

  

  Louis 
  Pasteur, 
  the 
  world's 
  mostnoted 
  bacteriologist 
  (b. 
  Dole, 
  France, 
  is:.'!': 
  d. 
  Paris, 
  

   1895), 
  in 
  studying 
  fermentation, 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  develop 
  accurate 
  methods 
  for 
  se- 
  

   curing 
  pure 
  cultures. 
  When 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  bacterial 
  disease 
  was 
  unknown, 
  he 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  the 
  causes 
  of 
  two 
  destructive 
  diseases 
  of 
  silkworms 
  (from 
  which 
  France 
  

   had 
  lost 
  sometimes 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  $20,000,000 
  in 
  one 
  year), 
  proved 
  that 
  the 
  diseases 
  are 
  

   infectious, 
  and 
  showed 
  how 
  to 
  avoid 
  them. 
  Though 
  partially 
  paralyzed 
  (1868), 
  

   he 
  devised 
  means 
  of 
  treatment 
  for 
  hydrophobia, 
  taught 
  men 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  

   freedom 
  from 
  disease, 
  and 
  laid 
  the 
  foundation 
  for 
  modern 
  bacteriology 
  and 
  pub- 
  

   lic 
  hygiene. 
  In 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  services 
  to 
  the 
  world 
  he 
  was 
  given 
  a 
  gold 
  medal 
  

   inscribed 
  "To 
  Pasteur, 
  France 
  and 
  Humanity 
  Grateful 
  " 
  

  

  