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Louis Pasteur, caricature

Louis Pasteur. Caricature of the French chemistand microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)holding a glass of milk. This represents hisdevelopment of a technique for sterilising milk withheat, a process now called pasteurisation. Pasteurdevised this method after finding that many foodsand drinks contained harmful microorganisms, butthat high temperatures could kill them. He alsodeveloped the first vaccines using artificiallyweakened pathogens, immunising cattle againstanthrax and developing the first human rabiesvaccine. He also discovered the chirality of somemolecules by observing the effects of theircrystals on polarised light.. Stunning Photo Gifts From Science Photo Library