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Then Pasteur solved the problem of failed silk crops (diseased silk worms), cholera in chickens, anthrax in cattle and sheep, and, in the mid-1880s, rabies. He recognized that nerve tissue from a rabid dog injected into healthy dogs produced rabies. He then developed a weakened virus (although viruses were then unknown), now termed an attenuated virus, which prevented rabies in …

Many have attacked Louis Pasteur as a man who denied God’s existence and others have gone as far to say he was a devout Catholic his whole life. In my humble opinion, he was somewhere in between.Pasteur was a spiritual man and recognized the need for religion, as many times he would rely on faith alone to keep his work …

The scientific approaches to use scorpion venom, E coli, and the common cold as potential cures for cancer are reminiscent of the studies of Louis Pasteur. In studying chicken cholera, Pasteur noted that one of sample cultures of cholera inducing bacteria had spoiled and failed to infect some chickens with a deadly dose of the disease. Read the full article…

It is a tragic world in which physical prowess is more admirable than intelligence. For every widely known Joe Montana, Alex Rodriguez, and Kobe Bryant, there is a Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, and Louis Pasteur who is forgotten, even though the contributions of the latter held much greater importance to society. Read the full article…

This article was originally published on February 25, 2008 and has been reproduced here with the permission of the Answers Research Journal. Abstract “There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.” Ecclesiastes 1:11 (NIV) In past years revisionist historians have been rewriting the worldview …

Originally found in American Public Journal – March 1953 – Motion Picture Reviews A recreation of this health hero’s contributions to medical knowledge. Produced by Sterling Films. 16 mm., black and white, sound, 28 minutes. For purchase from the producer at $100. Address them at 316 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Consult rental libraries for rental terms. …

Originally published in “The Independent” on December 23, 1922 THE French Government has announced the appropriation of 2,000,000 francs with which to celebrate properly the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur. The Government appropriation carries with it the statement that Pasteur stands as “The Symbol of French Science.” The anniversary date occurs on December 27, and if all …

Originally published in the Los Angeles Time on March 29, 1903 Rather more than a century ago, a very young physician thought to test a very old folk remedy against the greatest scourge of that day – smallpox. His method, slightly elaborated, has served to banish that disease from cleanly lands. But it was merely a chance success won in …