CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 

 AUTHOR'S PREFACE 



FIRST PART 

 WORKS ON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 



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I. THE PREDECESSORS OF PASTEUR: HAUY, WEISS, DELAFOSSE 1 



II. BIOT AND J. HERSCHEL ................. 7 



III. PASTEUR: THE TARTRATES ................ 12 



IV. THE PARATARTRATES .................. 16 



V. ASPARTATES AND MALAXES ............... 20 



VI . MOLECULAR DISSYMMETRY . . ............. 23 



VII . DISSYMMETRY OF CELLULAR LIFE ............ 28 



VIII . SUBSTANCES INACTIVE THROUGH Loss OF DISSYMMETRY . . 32 



IX. COMBINATIONS BETWEEN ACTIVE MOLECULES ....... 39 



X. MEANS OF SEPARATING THE RIGHT- AND LEFT-HANDED 



SUBSTANCES ..................... 43 



XI. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ................. 46 



SECOND PART 



LACTIC AND ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATIONS 



I. THE KNOWLEDGE OF FERMENTATIONS BEFORE LAVOISIER . . 51 



II . FROM LAVOISIER TO GAY-LUSSAC ............. 56 



III. CAGNIARD-LATOUR, SCHWANN, HELMHOLTZ ........ 59 



JV. LIEBIG ........................ 64 



V. PASTEUR: LACTIC FERMENTATION ............ 67 



VI. ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION ............... 73 



VII . AEROBIC LIFE AND ANAEROBIC LIFE ........... 79 



