Louis Pasteur 1822 – 1895
Louis Pasteur is famous for the creation of the pasteurization technique but he is also known for the development of vaccines which came from the discovery of microbes as cause of diseases.
Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822, in the small town of Dôlo, France. Interestingly, his great-grandfather worked in the tanning business and part of the tanning process relies on microbes.
In 1843 he entered the École Normale Supérieure. He attended chemistry classes of Jean Baptiste Dumas which aroused his interest in Chemistry. After that, he became Chemistry Professor in Estrasburgo and afterwards in Paris.
Some winemakers and brewers of the region asked him to discover how wine and beer soured. During the investigation using a microscope, he found that yeasts are involved in this process as well as the fermentation and organic decomposition were attributed to microorganisms. Hence he created the pasteurization technique. In 1865, his discover was used by the surgeon Joseph Lister to eliminate microorganisms in wounds and surgical incisions.
In the year of 1871, Pasteur insisted that all physician and military hospitals should adopt the pasteurization technique in the instruments used in medical processes.
After 1879 he used attenuated microorganism to produce vaccines against cholera and rabies.
Pasteur died in December, 28th 1895.
Pasteur died in December, 28th 1895.
The Pasteur Institute was founded in 1888 by Louis Pasteur and is, nowadays, one of the most important research centers of the world.
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