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Louis Pasteur was born on 27th December, 1822.
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At the University of Lille, Pasteur discovered that fermentation involved microbes. Fermentation is a chemical change used to make bread, wine, cheese, and other foods. -
He received a doctor of science degree in 1847. He then taught chemistry at French universities. -
Pasteur discovered that many diseases are caused by microbes. He developed a method of preventing disease called vaccination. Vaccination involves putting weakened germs into an animal’s or person’s body. The weakened germs do not make the animal or person sick. Instead, the body “learns” how to fight off the disease caused by that germ.
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In 1877, he closely studied infectious diseases and successively discovered:
The cause of boils and osteomyelitis: staphylococcus;
The microbe of postpartum infection: streptococcus;
Pneumococcal. -
In 1881 Pasteur successfully vaccinated sheep against a disease called anthrax. He also developed a vaccination against rabies. -
After successfully experimenting with the vaccine against sheep's anthrax and that against swine red mullet, Louis Pasteur carried out the first human trials of rabies vaccine in 1885. -
Louis Pasteur was died on 28th September,1895 in Saint-Cloud France