INDEX 



355 



Crystallography, dyssymmetry, cel- 

 lular life and, 28 



molecular, 23 



substances inactive through 



loss of, 32 



general conclusions on, 46 

 Gernez, separation of tartrates 



by decoy, 44 

 Hauy, 2, 6, 9, 10, 12 

 hemihedrism, 5, 6, 13, 14 

 Herschel, 10, 13 

 isomorphism, 3 

 Le Bel, 37 



malates, Pasteur's work, 20 

 Mitscherlich, 4, 13, 17 

 molecular dissymmetry, 23 

 molecular structure, theories prior 



to 1840, 2 

 molecules, active, combinations 



between, 39 

 paratartrates, 16 



Mitscherlich, 17 



Pasteur, 16 

 Pasteur's predecessors, 1 



work (See Pasteur) 

 Provostaye, 13 

 right and left-handed substances, 



means of separating, 43 

 rotary power, depends on consti- 

 tution of molecule, 12 

 rotation of plane of polarization, 



8,11,13,14 > 

 tartrates, 12 



Mitscherlich, 13 



Pasteur, 12 



Provostaye, 13 



Weiss, 6 

 Culture media, suited to organisms 



225 



Cultures, Pasteur's early knowl- 

 edge of how to make a series, 252 



DARWIN, 192, 201 



Davaine on anthrax, 182, 191, 232, 



233, 237, 245, 247, 248, 250, 257, 



259, 274 



De"clat, 191 



Delafond, 235, 242, 245 

 Delafosse, 5, 10, 11 

 Descartes, 55 

 Desmazieres, 61 

 Dessaignes, 32, 33 

 Dissymmetry, molecular, 23 

 substances inactive through loss 



of, 32 



cellular life and, 28 

 Dobereiner, 75, 121 

 Dry sterilization, introduction of, 



119 



Du Bois Reymond, 231 

 Duboue", 295 



Duclaux, Emile, life of, VII 

 Madame, VII 

 Pierre-Justin, VII 

 Duclauxian high lights: a blast of 



heat, a blast of cold, 123 

 a corner of the veil raised, 125 

 a dream which goes somewhere, 84 

 a fact is nothing by itself, 213 

 a hard necessity, 148 

 a new world was opened to him, 



283 



a sure beginning of things, 253 

 Bastian's contribution to science, 



119 

 Bernard, very respectful with 



facts, 208 



Broussais' cloud of dust, 230 

 chemical mutations govern every- 

 thing, 318 



chemist to his finger-tips, 107 

 chemistry, physics and life, 272 

 chemistry in medicine, 321 

 choice of food among bacteria, 



126 



deceptiveness of words, 80, 227 

 discoveries, that reveal vast hori- 

 zons, 303 

 discussions, mediocre value of, 



212 



experimental method, its power, 

 295 



