Louis Pasteur Scientist Mini Bio BIO

Louis Pastor should be remembered for more than just inventing the process that keeps milk from spoiling Louis pastur is one of the Giants of modern science it's because of Pastor that we worry about whether food is pure that medical instruments are sterilized and ultimately that antibiotics and vaccines even exist he came up with the underpinnings of Modern Biology and germ Theory and in the process he saved millions of people's lives born in Dole France on December 27th 1822 Louie pastur attended the AOL Normal University in Paris before becoming professor of chemistry at the University of Le in 1854 he began studying the problem of spoilage with beer wine and milk he proved that the reason these beverages are spoiling was because bacteria and other microorganisms were coming in from the outside air he developed process called pasteurization where these liquids are boiled and then cooled thereby getting rid of the bacteria and microorganisms when you say pasteurization most people are linking it to milk or to food products but actually it has much more long- lasting consequences for example we pasteurize medical instruments which prevents spread of disease Pastor realized that if germs were the cause of fermentation then they could also be the cause of contagious diseases it is because of his research that we now know to wash our hands to prevent getting sick before the development of germ Theory surgeons and doctors didn't think that something as Tiny as germ could actually hurt something as large as human being so they often didn't even wash their hands before cutting into people and in those days surgery was often death sentence it's through Pasteur's work that people understood that these infectious diseases were caused by bacteria as well as fungi that were coming in from the environment and invading the body despite skepticism from the medical community Pastor continued with his research on germ Theory eventually he Not only was able to explain the causes of many diseases but figured out way to prevent them the concept of vaccines wasn't new pure's unique contribution was to take the actual bacteria responsible for these diseases weaken it in the lab and then reintroduce it as vaccine in susceptible people some of the diseases that pestor vaccinations were able to cure were Anthrax Coler TB and smallpox the French Academy of Sciences finally accepted the results from pastor's germ Theory experiments in 1864 Louis pasture gave us an understanding of sterile technique and the importance of antisepsis within medicine in 1888 the pastor Institute in Paris was created to further pastor's research which continues to this day Louie Pastor died on September 28th 1895 Louis pest's Legacy is felt every day in the modern world and all of us are familiar with his work whether we know it or not pasteurization the theory of viruses modern vaccines Hospital cleanliness without pastor's work many of us wouldn't even be alive today