لويس باستور المُحسِن أفلام مصورة 1942

in the year 1822 in the little town of arbor france was born son to the village tanner whose shop was right beside the river the boy was named louis louis pasteur he was plotting careful boy with no particularly great talents but he did have an indomitable will fiery temper and the great capacity for work he became chemist it was louis pasteur who opened up which menace its very existence he made us conscious for the first time of this vast and vital microscopic life by his daring and original experiments he the chemist made modern medical science possible by sweeping away the ancient theories of disease by such things as spirits dispositions and devils they were devils but of very different kind concrete living destructive microbes he definitely and completely smashed the belief that microbes came into existence by spontaneous generation his opponents shouted and ranted against him but he performed his experiments and silenced the unbelievers with indisputable facts microbes are born from other microbes they do not come to life automatically and spontaneously from nowhere this did pastor prove the academy of medicine in paris was the citadel of the medical profession in france among its members were the most illustrious physicians and scientists as well as the most stubborn in the general auditorium of this famous academy it was the custom for the members to present their theories and discoveries to be discussed by the other colleagues many times had pasteur faced the men of this academy and many times had the meetings turned into stormy arguments between pasteur the chemist and those prejudiced and narrow-minded enough to regard him as quack how often had he presented his discoveries only to shock the elders from their complacency how often had he roused them from their small and unprogressive worlds to vistas of that new universe of deadly as well as beneficial microbes at times to be applauded and at times to be laughed at despised and accused as faker before this assembly he had presented his experiments in fermentations thus saving the wine industry for france and gave to the world the process now known as pasteurization simple method of heating from this platform had he explained how he had saved the silk industry by tracking down the microbe and in this auditorium had he given science his most famous discovery immunization by process of building up resistance against specific germ first by weak and then by increasingly stronger injections of that very same germ he had discovered that he could create immunity the first step in curing many terrible diseases he had discovered the nature of vaccines he would make his patient just little sick with very weak germ and permit him to recover then he could withstand the most deadly microbes of the same species he had tamed microbes to fight other microbes the same one that killed was the one that guarded against death tirelessly he and his faithful assistants searched experimented and searched again it needed the patience ability and imagination of true scientist and genius and pasteur was all of that but these men only blustered their objections pasteur's weapons were his laboratory and scientific truth these stubborn enemies of his are now long since forgotten while louis pasteur will never be when pasteur was nine years old he had seen peasant suffering from an attack by mad dog he heard the groans of pain as the man was tortured by the horrible disease hydrophobia this memory no doubt prompted pastor to find the cause of that scourge of mankind he drove his assistance almost to desperation but finally he knew he had succeeded but the great proof still remained to be shown could pastor save human lives dared he try his cure on the human body he faced terrible choice and in letter to friend he wrote he would inoculate himself with frightful germ and then try to cure himself but fate mercifully relieved him of such decision boy joseph meister was brought to him he had come from nearby village the old grandfather told pastor how little joseph had gone out to the fields to play only two days ago he had often done so and never before had there been any danger happily scampering down familiar country road which had never held any fears for him he had suddenly met the strange and raving mad dog the beast ravaged by the terrible rabies had attacked the boy and mangled him with 14 wounds save my boy pleaded the old man it is still not too late tenderly pastor carried the boy to bed was this his opportunity to try his new vaccine why hesitate and yet he was experimenting with human life such young life too should he or should he not the boy would surely die from the dread disease he might live if pasteur would try his vaccine it had worked on his animals he had proved that beyond doubt there was no other protection against this disease that strangled its victims only pastor could save him maybe his faithful assistant the physician who could administer the cure did not hesitate there was no choice it was sure death or possible life the vaccine was prepared for the final test that night july 6 1885 the first inoculation against rabies was made then past anxious hours anxious days each day joseph meister received an increasingly stronger dose of the life-saving vaccine building up an immunity against the time when the deadly germ should strike its fatal blow of what did pastor think as he paced the room perhaps he remembered his many failures perhaps he remembered how his anthrax cure for cattle at first proved to be huge success and then had failed that was four years before in 1881 when he had tried his first vaccine for anthrax would he fail now how often had he fumbled his way how often had he made mistakes he couldn't be wrong now he had been stubborn about hydrophobia and had not stopped until he had been absolutely sure well as sure as he could be on the 14th day the unseen enemy was conquered all the world then paid tribute to this man of science this benefactor of mankind institutes were established in his name streets were called after him statues were built louis pasteur's name became known to the four corners of the earth he was the first man to make the world fear and respect the almost invisible microbe more dangerous than canon were these tiny creatures and yet more beneficial too than the greatest of healers pastors life had been busy one he had worked hard with his hand and his brain and nature began to take its toll his hair turned white and age sat heavily upon his shoulders there was still much work to be done but his family and his friends persuaded him to rest let others take off the tremendous tasks before mankind where he had left off and so he heeded their words and went to live in his home in the country there to think and even to plan greater experiments against the invisible enemies those hordes of vicious microbes even when he himself was inactive physically he was in constant touch with the work in progress at the institute named in his honor and his spirit was tireless then to crown career as brilliant as any man's in history whether king or philosopher france rose to pay final tribute to her native son great meeting was held in his honor at the famous university of the sorbonne in paris it was in 1892 on pastor's 70th birthday and this was great day for france and for louis pasteur men famous the world over were there to pay him homage men from every walk of life scientists statesmen teachers poets and students representatives from every civilized nation on earth were there to greet him and yet among all those present there were none so famous and so revered as he himself he had shown mankind the road to health he had shown mankind the path to greater freedom and the more generous life he had opened another door of knowledge and truth and had shown the world greater glory in the protection of the human body leaning on the arm of the president of the french republic pasteur entered the great hall cheered lustily by all present his final words were to those young students of the famous university and he said this do not let yourselves be tainted by deprecating and barren skepticism do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries say to yourselves first what have done for my instruction and as you gradually advance what have done for my country until the time comes when you may have the immense happiness of thinking that you have contributed in some way to the progress and good of humanity you