Louis Pasteur Collection

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Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. Hand-colored photogravure of an illustration by Albert Edelfelt

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist. Louis Pasteur proved the germ theory of disease, which holds that germs attack the body from the outside

Louis Pasteur. Artist: Edelfelt, Albert Gustaf Aristides (1854-1905)
Louis Pasteur. Found in the collection of Musee d Orsay, Paris

Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations, 1892
Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations. Artwork of British surgeon Joseph Lister (in gown, walking up steps, 1827-1912) and French chemist Louis Pasteur (being approached by Lister)

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist, in his laboratory. Louis Pasteur proved the germ theory of disease, which holds that germs attack the body from the outside

Louis Pasteur (litho)
3093949 Louis Pasteur (litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis Pasteur. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

An Louis Pasteur experiment, 19th century (engraving)
3733827 An Louis Pasteur experiment, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Louis Pasteur experiment demonstrating that fermentation)

Commemorative medal depicting Louis Pasteur
3733759 Commemorative medal depicting Louis Pasteur; (add.info.: Commemorative medal depicting Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist

Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving)
5310031 Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), c.1895 (b/w photo)
1704977 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), c.1895 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), french scientist The last photo taken of Pasteur, two months before his death).

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885 (b/w photo)
UIG5071995 Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885 (b/w photo); Science Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885)

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733830 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving)
3733755 Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist, microbiologist

Louis Pasteur's method of observing sealed culture samples
5310078 Louis Pasteur's method of observing sealed culture samples; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's method of observing sealed culture samples)

The French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) in a meeting with his colleagues
ELD4851114 The French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) in a meeting with his colleagues. Late 19th century (chromolithograph)

The French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) discovering the laws of fermentation through yeasts
ELD4851137 The French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) discovering the laws of fermentation through yeasts between 1857 and 1867

French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) carrying out work on pigs rhusiopathiae or diamond skin disease
ELD4851297 French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) carrying out work on pigs rhusiopathiae or diamond skin disease (erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae)

Cover in: Les microbes, by Paul Gabriel Charpentier, France, 1905
3434455 Cover in: Les microbes, by Paul Gabriel Charpentier, France, 1905; (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science.Cover in: Les microbes, by Paul Gabriel Charpentier, France, 1905)

An Louis Pasteur experiment
3733828 An Louis Pasteur experiment.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Louis Pasteur experiment demonstrating that fermentation and putrefaction are caused by air-borne organisms)

The exterior of the Ecole Normale Superieure, 19th century (engraving)
3733826 The exterior of the Ecole Normale Superieure, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting the exterior of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733829 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
864440 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895); (add.info.: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist in 1852. Photograph. Scientist.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving)
3733756 Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist, microbiologist

Signature of Louis Pasteur
3078436 Signature of Louis Pasteur; (add.info.: Signature of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French chemist and microbiologist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving)
3733758 Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist, microbiologist

Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) (oil on canvas)
FIA5407457 Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) (oil on canvas) by Levy-Dhurmer, Lucien (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

The French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) questioned the theory of spontanee generations
ELD4851106 The French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) questioned the theory of spontanee generations (sponteparite or heterogenie)

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733831 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Creator: Lévy-Dhurmer, Lucien (1865-1953)
Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Private Collection.

M Pasteur's Experiments in Paris for the cure of Hydrophobia, 1886. Creator: Unknown
M Pasteur's Experiments in Paris for the cure of Hydrophobia - The Doctor and some of his Patients, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903. Creator: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
The work of a drop of milk at the Belleville Dispensary (triptych), 1903

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885
UIG5087547 Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885; Science Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1885)

Louis Thuillier, 19th century (engraving)
3586073 Louis Thuillier, 19th century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Thuillier (1856-1883) a French biologist and physicist

Louis Pasteur finding cure for swine fever, 19th century (chromo)
3783436 Louis Pasteur finding cure for swine fever, 19th century (chromo); (add.info.: Louis Pasteur working to find a cure for swine fever / le rouget du porc; he developed vaccinationfor it in)

Louis Pasteur receives a honorary medal, 19th century (chromo)
3783443 Louis Pasteur receives a honorary medal, 19th century (chromo); (add.info.: Louis Pasteur receives a honorary medal from Les Savants du monde entier / fellow scientists for his achievements)

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and inventor of pasteurisation, 1880
UIG5075994 Louis Pasteur, French chemist and inventor of pasteurisation, 1880; Science Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and inventor of pasteurisation, 1880)

Louis Pasteur conducting research in Austria, 19th century (chromo)
3783440 Louis Pasteur conducting research in Austria, 19th century (chromo); (add.info.: Louis Pasteur. In 1865, parasitic disease was killing great numbers of silkworms in Alais (now Ales)

Pierre Paul Emile Roux, 19th century (chromo)
3783439 Pierre Paul Emile Roux, 19th century (chromo); (add.info.: Pierre Paul Emile Roux (1853-1933), pupil and later colleague of Louis Pasteur, discovered the cure for diphtheria

Louis Pasteur working to find a cure for Anthrax, 19th century (chromo)
3783437 Louis Pasteur working to find a cure for Anthrax, 19th century (chromo); (add.info.: Louis Pasteur working to find a cure for Anthrax)

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Louis Pasteur was a renowned French microbiologist who made groundbreaking contributions to the field of science. Born on December 27, 1822, in Dole, France, Pasteur's work revolutionized medicine and saved countless lives. With his keen intellect and tireless dedication, Pasteur pioneered the germ theory of disease. Through meticulous experiments conducted in his laboratory, he proved that microorganisms were responsible for causing infections and diseases. His discoveries laid the foundation for modern medicine and led to significant advancements in public health practices. One of Pasteur's most notable achievements was developing the process of pasteurization. By heating liquids such as milk or wine to kill harmful bacteria without compromising their taste or quality, he ensured safer consumption for millions worldwide. Pasteur's unwavering commitment extended beyond laboratories; he actively sought practical applications for his scientific findings. He developed vaccines against deadly diseases like rabies and anthrax through extensive research and experimentation. These breakthroughs not only protected individuals from life-threatening illnesses but also paved the way for future vaccine development. The impact of Louis Pasteur's work cannot be overstated. His pioneering efforts transformed our understanding of infectious diseases and revolutionized medical practices globally. Today, his legacy continues to inspire scientists around the world as they strive to improve human health through innovative research. As we celebrate Pasteur's remarkable contributions during his jubilee celebrations in 1892 or witness him examining a boy infected with rabies in an engraving from the 19th century, it is evident that this visionary scientist left an indelible mark on humanity’s fight against disease. In recognition of his immense contributions to science and medicine, Louis Pasteur remains an icon whose name will forever be synonymous with innovation and progress in microbiology.