Louis Pasteur, as depicted by W M Thackeray for 'Vanity Fair'

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Maker

William Makepeace Thackeray (b.1811, d.1863)

Date

Circa 1900

Medium

paper, ink

Measurements

35.3 x 24.1 cm (large)
26.4 x 18.3 cm (small)

Accession Number

MHM01762

Inscriptions

labels ▫ "Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895/While Professor of Physics at Dijon, separating the dextro- and the levo-rotatory forms/of tartaric acid, Louis Pasteur laid the foundation of modern stereo-chemistry. His/researches into silkworm-disease and fermentaiton in wine and beer were of tremen-/dous economic value tio France, and from the latter study dates our term 'Pasteuriza-/tion.' His triumphs over anthrax and hydrophobia are his most dramatic achievements,/and he is known as the pioneer of preventive inoculation." ▫ 0 - Whole

Object Type

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documents

Medical History Museum Category

Medicine in Society

Museum

Medical History Museum

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