Pasteur Brewing Louis Pasteur – Science, Health, and Brewing | In examining Pasteur’s influence on the history and sociology of medicine, Latour focuses on the phenomenon of a theory becoming reality because it’s time had come. He observes that as Napolean and Kutuzov were not the central characters of Tolstoy’s masterpiece, neither is Pasteur a central figure in his particular work. Latour contends that the work of early “Hygienists” paved the path for Pasteur’s microbiology, and that his studies gained global acceptance in spite of resis tance from traditionalists. Based on de tailed examination of major contempo rary journals, this particular translation is difficult to read, but it will prove stimulat ing to those who’ve enjoyed Latour’s other controversial books Laboratory Life (Sage, 1979) and Science in Action (Har vard, 1987).Mary Hemmings, Health Sciences Lib., McGill Univ., Montreal Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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