Biographies – Pasteur
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Pasteur |
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Era: Modern - |
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Lived: 1822 - 1895 |
Module: Medicine – |
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Important in Medicine
because… · Louis Pasteur discovered GERMS. Germs cause disease. · He was able to prove his germ theory in 1860-1 · He thought germs lived in the air. · Pasteur was unlucky – France was defeated in 1870, Pasteur suffered a stroke, and lost three members of his family. |
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