LOUIS

PAS T E U R

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WHO IS
LOUIS
PASTEUR?
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• December 27, 1822, in Dole,
France

• French chemist and

microbiologist

• An average student and

skilled at drawing and
painting
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Ferdinand Cohn Robert Koch

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• bachelor of science degree

(1842) at the Royal College
of Besançon

• doctorate (1847) from the

École Normale in Paris
• In 1848, he became a professor of chemistry at the
University of Strasbourg
Discovery
of
Pasteur
1847 to 1862 (Pasteur As a Physicist and a Chemist)

• Crystallography

Pasteur demonstrated
that a crystal's shape, its
molecular structure and
its effect on polarized
light are all interrelated
1847 to 1862 (Pasteur As a Physicist and a Chemist)

• A l c o h o l I c  F e r m e n t a t i o n

He discovered that under

polarized light, inactive
substance became active
due to fermentation
1862 to 1877 (Pasteur As a Biologist)

• S p o n t a n e o u s  G e n e r a t I o n

He explained that
airborne dust carried the
germs of yeasts and
microorganisms present
during the fermentation
process
1862 to 1877 (Pasteur As a Biologist)

• P a s t e u r i z a t i o n : (Wine & Beer Diseases)

His pasteurization
process concluded that
all fermentable liquid
could be prevented from
a spoiling with a special
heating treatment
1862 to 1877 (Pasteur As a Biologist)

• S i l k  W o r m  D i s e a s e s

His study of silkworm diseases

laid foundation for prophylaxis
rules and provided solution for
hereditary and contagious
problems, and also inspired
him to discover germs theory
1877 to 1887 (Pasteur As a Microbiologist)

• G e r m  T h e o r y  o f  D i s e a s e

With his use of microbiology

for medicine and surgery he
proved that many diseases
were caused by the presence
of foreign microorganisms
1877 to 1887 (Pasteur As a Microbiologist)

• Hydrophobia

At first, Even Pasteur failed

to find and isolate the germ,
but with his excellent
experimental method he built
an invisible micro-organism
to attenuate the virulence