Louis Pasteur
The French chemist Louis
Pasteur
devoted his life to solving practical problems of industry, agriculture,
and
medicine. His discoveries have saved countless lives and created new
wealth
for the world. Among his discoveries are the pasteurization process
and ways of
preventing silkworm diseases, anthrax, chicken cholera, and
rabies. Pasteur
sought no profits from his discoveries, and he supported his
family on his
professor's salary or on a modest government allowance. In the
laboratory he was
a calm and exact worker; but once sure of his findings, he
vigorously defended
them. Pasteur was an ardent patriot, zealous in his
ambition to make France
great through science.