Bibliograph

The private science of Louis Pasteur, Gerald L Geison

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Label

The private science of Louis Pasteur, Gerald L Geison

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

chartsportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The private science of Louis Pasteur

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

889252696

Responsibility statement

Gerald L Geison

Series statement

ACLS Humanities E-Book

Table Of Contents

Background and Context -- From Crystals to Life -- Vaccines, Ethics, and Scientific vs. Medical Mentalities: Anthrax and Rabies -- The Pastorian MythLaboratory Notebooks and the Private Science of Louis Pasteur -- Pasteur in Brief -- The Emergence of a Scientist The Discovery of Optical Isomers in the Tartrates -- From Crystals to Life Optical Activity, Fermentation, and Life -- Creating Life in Nineteenth-Century France Science, Politics, and Religion in the Pasteur-Pouchet Debate over Spontaneous Generation -- The Secret of Pouilly-le-Fort Competition and Deception in the Race for the Anthrax Vaccine -- From Boyhood Encounter to “Private Patients” Pasteur and Rabies before the Vaccine -- Public Triumphs and Forgotten Critics The Debate over Pasteur's Early Use of Rabies Vaccines in Human Cases -- Private Doubts and Ethical Dilemmas Pasteur, Roux, and the Early Human Trials of Pasteur's Rabies Vaccine -- The Myth of Pasteur

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