Sunday, July 29, 2018

My favorite scientist

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)


French chemist and bacteriologist, founder of microbiology and pioneer of modern medicine.Louis graduated as a professor in chemistry at the University of Strasbourg, giving chemistry classes there. He had 5 childrens and one of them died of typhoid fever, which motivated him to seek a cure for diseases.


 He contributed to the "Microbial Theory of Disease", which assumes that microorganisms are the cause of diseases, because they spoil the food. Pasteur concluded that they are also responsible for diseases in humans and animals, so antibiotics were created.


 One of the most famous processes, which he invented is the pasteurization, which involves submitting a food at a high temperature to destroy microorganisms without altering the composition and qualities of the food. This method is used today in food products to ensure the quality of these.Pasteur also invented vaccines against cholera, anthrax and rabies, among other diseases.

 I like it because he managed to improve the innocuousness of food, principally dairy products and at the same time allowed his life to be extended. I admire him because he did not stay with his arms crossed when his son had died for bacterias in his organism, on the contrary, this motivated him to give a solution with the pasteurization. 







2 comments:

  1. Pasteur did very important works for science

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  2. I knew little about louis pasteur, but now I know he was a very intelligent and interesting person.

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