Pasteur

Louis, pas-ter' (1822-1895), a French chemist. He was born at Dole. He was educated at Jena and Paris. He became professor of chemistry in the University of Paris. He became interested in the study of hydrophobia and fermentation. He was one of the leading men in the study of disease germs and means of killing bacilli, especially by heat. Pasteur taught the possibility of excluding germs by canning, and was of service to the brewers and wine makers by pointing out the germ nature of fermentation. He taught the method of heating and bottling milk known in scientific circles as "pasteurization." Pasteur showed that inoculation is the introduction of pox germs. He died while investigating the diseases of the silkworm. Pasteur put bacteriology on a firm scientific basis.