BACTERIA 



FIG. 197. Pasteur's Midnight Vision. 



This picture is based upon a photograph of a painting which has won 

 great fame during recent years. The artist has represented Pasteur, 

 the celebrated scientist, busily at work in his laboratory, recording the 

 results of his microscopical study of bacteria. As the great master 

 of modern science rests for a moment from his midnight researches, 

 he appears to see in vision the victims of p2stilence, famine, and infec- 

 tious diseases imploring relief from the good angel who symbolizes the 

 wonderful victories won by Pasteur in combating disease. 



Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France, in 1822, and died in 1895. 



