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moved his left arm and leg clumsily, fell to the 

 ground, and once more had to take to his bed. 

 But he none the less continued to work, dictat- 

 ing the experiments to be made to his col- 

 laborators, Gernez, Raulin and Maillet, and in- 

 forming himself each day of the observations 

 they had gathered. His method was still corn- 

 batted, and, while certain silk producers de- 

 clared that it was excellent, certain organised 

 bodies such as the Silk Commission of Lyons 

 questioned its value. Pasteur forwarded to the 

 members of this commission several samples of 

 eggs, indicating in advance what result each 

 of the samples should give. The boldness of 

 his predictions was a proof of his certainty, 

 and as a matter of fact they were realised. 

 Nevertheless, his adversaries refused to lay 

 down their arms, even though his processes be- 

 gan to be employed abroad, and the Austrian 

 government awarded him a prize of ten thou- 

 sand francs in recognition of the services he 

 had rendered to the culture of silk-worms. Not 

 only did Pasteur find a cure for pebrine, but 



