Life of Pasteur

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. …

Department of Bacteriology, College of Medicine, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa After considering various subjects for this occasion, I decided, because it is the 100th Anniversary of some of Louis Pasteur’s most important research and publications, to pay respect to him and, as Emil Roux stated, “relate what nobody should be ignorant of in Pasteur’s life, and what …

Originally printed in the American Druggist: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Practical Pharmacy in 1892 On Tuesday, Dec. 27th, M. Louis Pasteur, the distinguished biologist and chemist, celebrated his seventieth birthday at his home in Paris. The occasion was one of great pomp, undisturbed by the political scandals of the hour. M. Pasteur was given a magnificent ovation. The famous …

Born at Dôle, 27th December 1822 – Died at Garches, near Paris, 29th December 1895 Originally printed in the Journal of pathology and bacteriology in 1896 By German Sims Woodhead, M.D. THERE has passed from amongst us one of the greatest men of the century, not before his time, but great in work accomplished, having won the esteem of all …

Originally published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine for an exhibit in observance of the sesquicentennial of the birth of Louis Pasteur. On December 27, 1822, Louis Pasteur, son of a tanner and former sergeant in the armies of Napoleon, was born in obscurity at Dôle, France. Today his name is known and honored throughout the world for his …

Timeline of Historical Events Involving Louis Pasteur 1822 Louis Pasteur born at 2 a.m. in Dole (Jura), as the third child of Jean-Joseph Pasteur and Jeanne-Etiennette Roqui. 1823 Louis Pasteur is baptized. 1825 Birth of Louis Pasteur’s sister, Josephine. 1826 The Pasteur family moves to Marnoz (Jura), where Jean-Joseph rents a tannery. Birth of Clermont-Ferrand of Marie Laurent, Pasteur’s future …

Few names of purely scientific men are so widely known among people of all classes as that of Louis Pasteur; few men have been able to accomplish so much to increase material prosperity and at the same time be the means of warding off dangerous and widely fatal diseases from animals and men, and he stands almost, if not quite, …

Monte Generaso, Switzerland,June 25, 1889 My Lord Mayor, I greatly regret my inability to be present at the meeting which is to be held, under your Lordship’s auspices, in reference to M. Pasteur and his Institute. The unremitting labours of that eminent Frenchman during the last half-century have yielded rich harvest of new truths, and are models of exact and …

Joseph Meister – First rabies victim to receive inoculation. It was the good fortune of the writer four years ago, to be the only guest — apart, of course, from “the guest of the evening”; — present at the dinner given to the venerable M. Chevreul by his colleagues of the Societé d’ Agriculture. The dinner was given at the …

PARIS. Oct. 1 – The body of Prof. Louis Pasteur was placed in a coffin at his late residence, at Garches, at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Mme. Pasteur wept profusely while the Abbé Angely read prayers over the body. The head of the dead chemist rests upon a white satin pillow. The outer coffin is of deal, and the inner …