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in the brain and cord. Improved syphilitic diagnosis. Cultivated 

 the rabies parasite. Cultivated the yellow fever parasite (Lepto- 

 spira icteroides Nog.) and with it produced the disease in guinea 

 pigs ("Jour. Exp. Med.," vol. 29, No. 6, June 1, 1919). 



Obermeier, Otto Hugo Franz (1843-1873). German pathologist. 

 Studied the spirillum of recurrent fever in Berlin in 1873. His 

 last paper was "Die ersten Falle und der Charakter der Berliner 

 Flecktyphusepidemie von 1873 (Berl. klinische Wochenschr., 1873, 

 X, No. 30). Died of cholera while studying an outbreak of this 

 disease. To all such be eternal honor! 



Osimo, Marco ( ). Italian student of silkworm diseases. 



Published in Padua in 1859. Recommended egg-selection as a 

 remedy for pebrine. 



Paracelsus (1493-1541). German Swiss alchemist and physician. 

 His real name was Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim. 

 Paracelsus is said to mean superior to Celsus. Learned, original, 

 obstinate and [arrogant, opposed to tradition, a great traveler, 

 a shrewd observer, and a successful healer, he died in poverty, 

 destroyed by fools. He taught the doctrine of signatures and was 

 hostile to Galen. He said: "If nature can instruct irrational 

 animals, can it not much more men?" His works in 10 volumes 

 were published in Basel in 1589-1591. For portraits see Garrison, 

 p. 189, and Pagel, p. 13. 



Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662). French mathematician, physicist and 

 philosopher. A profound thinker and great prose writer. In- 

 vented the omnibus and the calculating machine; made important 

 observations with the barometer in high places. Wrote "Lettres 

 ecrites a un Provincial par un de ses amis," a covert arraignment 

 of the Jesuits, in which he is "witty as Moliere and eloquent as 

 Bossuet" (Voltaire), and "Pensees sur la religion." A deeply 

 religious Roman Catholic, he abandoned scientific pursuits in 1649 

 for religious studies and became very ascetic. For portraits see 

 Lettres Provincial, Paris, Firmin Didot Freres, 1846, and, Abry, pp. 

 200, 208 (masque). 



Pascal, Etienne ( ). French advocate. President of the 



Court of Aids. Father of Blaise Pascal. 



Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895). French physicist, chemist, microscopist 

 and pathologist. Son of a tanner whose father and grandfather 

 were also tanners. A man with an iron will and a great soul, 

 born for combat and mastery. Professor in Dijon, Strasburg, 

 Lille and Paris. In 1874 the French Government granted him a life 

 annuity of 12,000 francs in consideration of his public services and 

 out of the 556 votes there were only 24 dissenting ones. Nine 

 years later, again through the instrumentality of Paul Bert, this was 



