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Louis Pasteur: The Father of Microbiology and His Remarkable Achievements

Many may not be familiar with Louis Pasteur, but his remarkable achievements are widely known. The inventor of the rabies vaccine and pasteurization, his work has saved countless lives, marking him as a significant figure in medical history. The inventor of the rabies vaccine Louis Pasteur began his career as a chemist. He discovered that ...

Max Lu

Louis Pasteur.

The ‘Terrain’ of Disease: Limitations of Germ Theory

In 1864, French chemist Louis Pasteur fathered the science of bacteriology and the germ theory of disease causation — one of the cornerstones of modern medicine. The process of Pasteurization is named after him. Yet after a lifetime of work with the germ theory, Pasteur himself, on his deathbed, is credited with having said: “I ...

Sofia Roma

Engraving of Louis Pasteur conducting an experiment on a rabbit while two colleagues stand by and watch.