Louis Pasteur was one of the first scientists to discover the role of microorganisms in disease and how sickness could be prevented by vaccines. At the time, it was widely believed that ...

But the virus’s incubation period also made rabies of interest to Pasteur—already a famous scientist in France—as a candidate for a new type of vaccine. “The time from the bite to the sickness was ...

A special lesson on Louis Pasteur is being taught in all primary and secondary schools in France, and a 50-minute film will be shown on television. The Pasteur station on the Paris Metro has even been ...

Originally trained as a chemist, Pasteur ... to his most famous discovery, the process of sterilization, which is now more commonly known as pasteurization. Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur both ...