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in the Hours of Peril," 194. Proposed Studies, 198. Professorship 

 offered to Pasteur at Pisa, 200; his Refusal, 200. The Prussians 

 at Arbois, 201. Pasteur and his Pupil Raulin, 203. Pasteur at 

 Clermont Ferrand; stays with his Pupil M. Duclaux, 206. Studies 

 on Beer, 207. Visit to London Breweries, 210. Renewed Discus- 

 sions at the Academie des Sciences, 216. 



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Pasteur elected to the Academie de Medecine, 225. General Condition 

 of Medicine, 226. Surgery before Pasteur, 234. Influence of his ] 

 Work, 236. Letter from Lister, 238. Debates at the Academie de J 

 Medecine, 240 ; Science and Religion, 244. National Testimonial, 

 245. Pasteur a Candidate for the Senate, 248. Speech at the Milan 

 Congress of Sericiculture, 251. Letter from Tyndall, 252. Dis- 

 cussion with Dr. Bastian, 253. 



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Charbon, or Splenic Fever, 257; Pasteur studies it, 259. Traditional 

 Medicine and Pastorian Doctrines, 263. Progress of Surgery, 266. 

 The word Microbe invented, 266; renewed Attacks against Pasteur, 

 267. Charbon given to Hens experiment before the Academie de 

 Medecine, 268. Pasteur's Note on the Germ Theory, 271. Cam- 

 paign of Researches on Charbon, 275. Critical Examination of a 

 posthumous Note by Claude Bernard, 281. Pasteur in the Hospitals, 

 289; Puerperal Fever, 289. 



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Chicken Cholera, 297. Attenuation of the Virus, 299. Suggested Re- 

 searches on the bubonic Plague, 301. The Share of Earthworms 

 in the Development of Charbon, 304; an Incident at the Academie 

 de Medecine, 309. The Vaccine of Charbon, 311 ; public Experiment 

 at Pouilly le Fort on the Vaccination of Splenic Fever, 316. First 

 Experiments on Hydrophobia, 318. Death of Sainte-Claire Deville, 

 326; Pasteur's Speech, 327. Pasteur at the London Medical Con- 

 gress, 329; Virchow and Anti-vivisection, 332. Yellow Fever, 338; 

 Pasteur at Pauillac, 338. 



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Pasteur elected a Member of the Academie Fra^aise, 341 ; his Opinions 

 on Positivism, 342; J. B. Dumas and Nisard, his Sponsors, 344; 



