Louis Pasteur was a French scientist, one of those who discovered and developed the field of microbiology. The scientist was born on December 27, 1822, in Dole and died September 28 Marnes-la-Coquette in. Dole, his native village is situated in the Jura region of France. Three years after his birth, his family moved to Marnoz, and in 1830 at Arbois.
Louis Pasteur began his studies at the college of Arbois and here he discovered his talent for painting. He then moved to Paris, but returned to Arbois, was very disappointed because experience artistic plan which he had in Paris.
He took the baccalaureate in letters, in 1840 and in 1842 and the mathematical sciences, as in 1843 will be admitted to the "Ecole Normale Supérieure" of Paris, ending their studies in 1847, when he sustained two theses, one in chemistry and one in physics.
He did scientific research in crystallography and discovered this phenomenon of isomerism. He was then appointed professor at the Faculty of Sciences of Lille, and this has made a major breakthrough, showing that yeast fungi are living beings that lead to fermentation challenge.
Invalidated by his work on spontaneous generation theory during 1858-1864 and in 1865 began to study a disease that decimated silkworms, managed by his studies to identify patients who would destroy butterflies eggs, because they do not infest the entire loft. He had, therefore, an important contribution in the field of sericulture.
During this period, Robert Koch in Germany demonstrate experimentally that a certain type of microbe causes a disease. Pasteur was attracted to this new part of biology and then managed to isolate the germ, which was then called staphylococcus.
Subsequent years came with a real competition between France and Germany race on this branch of biology, which then took on the name of microbiology. Along with his collaborators, Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine against cholera, which has been applied with great success in 1881.
In 1880, Louis Pasteur began his research on rabies. Scientist discovers that spinal cord of dry infected animal may prevent this serious disease.
After several attempts to develop a vaccine prepared with quality, and after much hesitation, she made her first attempt, in the case of a child who was bitten by a rabid dog. After three months of starting the first series of injections, the child was saved.
After this time, the French Academy of Sciences has decided to establish an institution addressed rabies treatment, and while this institution is famous Institut Pasteur.
Benefactor of mankind feature is not assigned unfairly Louis Pasteur, its findings over time is more than useful.
Studies and discoveries of today serve many branches of medicine and science as stereochemistry, microbiology, bacteriology, virology, immunology and molecular biology. His work has protected millions of illnesses and this is due vaccines and pasteurization (method of preserving food, especially those liquid invented by Louis Pasteur).
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