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CHAPTER IV 



1855—1859 



Pasteur Dean of the new Lille Faculty, 75 ; his Teaching, 77 ; First 

 Studies on Fermentations, 79. First Candidature for the Academy 

 of Sciences, 81. Lactic Fermentation, 83. Pasteur Administrator 

 of the Ecole Normale, 84. Alcoholic Fermentation, 85. Death of 

 Pasteur's eldest Daughter, 86. 



CHAPTER V 



1860—1864 



So-called spontaneous Generation, 88. Polemics and Experiments. 92. 

 Renewed Candidature for the Academie des Sciences, 100. Lectures 

 on Crystallography, 102. Pasteur elected a Member of the Academie 

 des Sciences, 103. Conversation with Napoleon III, 104. Lecture 

 at the Sorbonne on so-called spontaneous Generation, 106. Pasteur 

 and the Students of the Ecole Normale. 109. Discussions raised 

 by the question of spontaneous Generation, 111. Studies on 

 Wine, 113. 



CHAPTER VI 



1865—1870 



The Silkworm Disease ; Pasteur sent to Alais, 115. Death of Jean 

 Joseph Pasteur, 118. Return to Palis. 121 ; Pasteur's Article on 

 J. B. Dumas' Edition of Lavoisier's Works, 122. Death of his 

 Daughter Camille, 123. Candidature of Ch. Robin for the Academie 

 des Sciences, 124. Letters exchanged between Ste. Beuve and 

 Pasteur, 124. The Cholera, 126. Pasteur at Compiegne Palace, 

 127. Return to the Gard. 130 ; Pasteur's Collaborators, 130. Death 

 of his Daughter Cecile, 131. Letter to Duruy, 131. Publication of 

 the Studies on Wine, 133. Pasteur's Article on Claude laniard's 

 Work, 134. Pasteur's Work in the South of France, 138. Letter 

 from Duruy, 139. Pasteur a Laureate of the Exhibition, 140 ; 

 solemn Distribution of Rewards, 141. Ste. Beuve at the Senate, 

 142. Disturbance at the Ecole Normale, 143. Pasteur's Letter to 

 Napoleon HI, 147. Lecture on the Manufacture of Vinegar at 

 Orleans, 148. Council of Scientists at the Tuileries, 154. Studies 

 on Silkworm Diseases (continued), 155. Heating of Wines, 157. 

 Paralytic Stroke, ItiO ; Illness, 161, private Reading, 163. Enlarge- 

 ment of the Laboratory, 164. Pasteur in the South, 166. Success 

 of his Method of opposing Silkworm Diseases, 168. Pasteur at 

 Villa Vicentina, Austria, 173. Interview with Liebig, 176. 



CHAPTER VII 



1870—1872 



Pasteur in Strasburg, 177 ; the War, 179 ; Pasteur at Arbois, 180. The 

 Academie des Sciences during the Siege of Paris, 186. Pasteur 

 returns his Doctor's Diploma to the Bonn Faculty of Medicine, 189. 

 Retreat of Bourbaki's Army Corps, 192 ; Pasteur at Pontarber, 



