Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

• French chemist and microbiologist
He proved the "theory of biogenesis"
Presented evidence for the "germ theory of fermentation"
• He heated the wine to 50–60 °C (120–140 °F), and proposed that removal of undesirable microbes by heating could lead to good ferment. This process now known universally as pasteurization
• 1865, two parasitic diseases called pébrine and flacherie were killing great numbers of silkworms, which was causing a great loss to Silk Industries. Pasteur proved the cause, (i.e. microbe attacking silkworm eggs)
• Pasteur's first vaccine discovery was in 1879, with a disease called chicken cholera
He extended his germ theory to develop causes and vaccinations for so many diseases such as anthrax, cholera, TB and smallpox
• In 1885, He vaccinated a 9-year-old boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog; and He got succeeded

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