Louis Pasteur: His Life and Labours

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The son-in-law presents a chronological portrait of a prominent scientist, tracing childhood and formative years through landmark experimental achievements. It explains investigations into molecular asymmetry, fermentation, acetic processes, spontaneous generation, and disorders affecting wine, beer, and silkworms, then follows decisive experiments on virulent diseases culminating in development of attenuated vaccines for animal maladies and work on hydrophobia. The narrative alternates concise technical exposition with laboratory anecdotes, emphasizes methodological reasoning and experimental technique, and frames the discoveries as an accessible account of scientific method and practical applications.

Transcriber's Notes:

Footnotes have been moved to the end of the text and renumbered consecutively through the document.

Footnotes 7 and 8 are [enclosed in brackets] in the original, and this has been preserved.

Punctuation has been standardized.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except as noted below.

Changes have been made as follows:

Ecole changed to École in several places (École Normale)

Page ix: ETUDIES changed to STUDIES (STUDIES ON WINE)

Page 48: buding changed to budding (multiplication by budding,)

Page 166: nett changed to net (villa a net profit)

Page 219: pebrine changed to pébrine (pébrine and flacherie, also)

Page 258 earth worms changed to earth-worms (by the earth-worms.)

Page 260: resistent changed to resistant (more resistant to the)