Louis Pasteur: painter who created an injection against tetanus
Frenchman Louis Pasteur, July 6, 1885, conducted the first successful vaccination against rabies. Saved life 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who was bitten by a rabid dog.
While studying at the Paris Normal High School Pasteur showed himself to be a talented artist, his name appeared in the handbooks of the 19th century portraitists. But in connection with the fascination with chemistry, he gave up painting.
In 1885, Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine against rabies - a disease that in 100% of cases ends with the death of the patient. It is believed that as a child, a future scientist saw a man bitten by a rabid wolf. Then I wanted to invent a medicine from this.
When Pasteur did create the vaccine, he did not dare to test its effectiveness in public for a long time. In the end, he decided to check the effect of the vaccination on himself. But the case helped: a boy was brought to him, bitten by a mad dog. In any case, the child would have died, so Pasteur introduced serum to the child. After 14 injections, the boy recovered.
Pasteur and his followers had to fight for the recognition of a new way of preventing infectious diseases. His experiments were questioned and criticized for scientific views.
While studying at the Paris Normal High School Pasteur showed himself to be a talented artist, his name appeared in the handbooks of the 19th century portraitists. But in connection with the fascination with chemistry, he gave up painting.
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In 1885, Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine against rabies - a disease that in 100% of cases ends with the death of the patient. It is believed that as a child, a future scientist saw a man bitten by a rabid wolf. Then I wanted to invent a medicine from this.
When Pasteur did create the vaccine, he did not dare to test its effectiveness in public for a long time. In the end, he decided to check the effect of the vaccination on himself. But the case helped: a boy was brought to him, bitten by a mad dog. In any case, the child would have died, so Pasteur introduced serum to the child. After 14 injections, the boy recovered.
Pasteur and his followers had to fight for the recognition of a new way of preventing infectious diseases. His experiments were questioned and criticized for scientific views.
