April 12, 2024
1886 Handwritten/signed Louis Pasteur Note & Memorabili
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1886 Handwritten/signed Louis Pasteur Note & MemorabiliaNote written in French, dated May 4, 1886, translates "Monsieur the President and Dear Friend-- I am grateful for the interest that the French Scientific Association is willing to take in the Pasteur Foundation. Accept, my dear friend, the thanks I have for you and the members of this association. Please be assured of my most devoted feelings. --L. PasteurThis Pasteur collection also includes an Illinois Society Pasteur Award medal. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French Chemist and Biologist, famous for germ theory and development of vaccines Pasteur was the founder of the scienceof microbiology and proved that most infectious diseases are caused by micro-organisms, the "germ theory" of disease. He also invented the process of pasteurization and developed vaccines for several diseases including rabies and anthrax. A major breakthrough in his career came when he treated Joseph Meister, a nine-year-old boy who was suffering with 14 bites from a rabid dog. With the consent of the child's physician he treated the boy with injections over a 12-day period and the child recovered. This discovery of the rabies vaccine caused a grateful France to found the Pasteur Institute, one of the most productive locations for biological study, in Paris in 1888. All sales are guaranteed! If you are
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