CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I A STUDIOUS BOYHOOD 1 



II A LABORIOUS AND ENTHUSIASTIC YOUTH ' . 16 



III ON THE ROAD TO FAME .... 45 



IV FOR THE NATIONAL WEALTH ... 71 

 V THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM .... 101 



VI THE CURATIVE POISON 114 



VII THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GENIUS . . . 136 



VIII HYDROPHOBIA 161 



IX THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE .... 176 



X THE SUPREME HOMAGE .... 188 



XI THE LAST DAYS OF A GREAT MAN . . 205 



BRIEF INDEX OF THE PRINCIPAL NAMES 



CITED 215 



PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS,, ARTICLES,, MONO-. 



GRAPHS, ETC.; OF LOUIS PASTEUR . , 223 



