Louis Pasteur Accomplishments
It was a hot summer day in Paris July 6th, 1885. Louis Pasteur had just finished vaccinating the 9-year old Joseph Meister. This was a new beginning, a new era for Pasteur and the rest of the world. He had created a vaccine for the deadliest disease of all time: rabies. He was very proud of his accomplishment, and looked back on how much progress he had made in the field of medical sciences.
Many summers before, in the year 1882 in Paris, France, Pasteur had yet to create a furrow between his brows. He was resolute in his search for a vaccine to combat the microbe - now known as a virus - called rabies. Ever since Pasteur had been a teenager, he had been fascinated in the area of science, and knew that science was what he wanted to pursue …show more content…
He was a diligent worker and was determined to keep finding new inventions and discoveries. This led him to being one of the most influential people in history, evolving the medical sciences to a great extent. One of the greatest accomplishments he achieved was finding out that a vaccine for anthrax could be made by giving the diseased individual a weakened strain of the disease. This instigated a spark in him to extend this discovery to another disease, rabies. He was sure that by weakening a strain of the rabies disease, he would be able to create a vaccine, just like he did for …show more content…
After two years of researching and making modifications to the vaccine formula, it was yet to be tested on a human being. He had tested multiple animals who were affected with rabies, in which all of the trials were successful. Briefly, his brow furrowed as his mind recalled the day a few weeks back. A dog with rabies had been brought into his laboratory, with its mouth foaming and eyes darting from side to side. Its whole body was spasming continuously, making it difficult for Pasteur to inject the vaccination. Flustered, he had his assistant Charles Chamberland hold down the dog and, finally, Pasteur could inject the vaccine. Within a few days, the dog recovered and was happily running around in no time. He had been, however, somewhat uncertain whether or not he should test the vaccine on an actual human being. There was still the chance that the vaccine would not work on a human, and therefore Pasteur was caught in a dilemma. For a fraction of a minute, he had thought that he should become diseased with rabies and test the vaccine on himself, but whilst he had contemplated this thought, he was informed of Joseph Meister and immediately discarded this
Many summers before, in the year 1882 in Paris, France, Pasteur had yet to create a furrow between his brows. He was resolute in his search for a vaccine to combat the microbe - now known as a virus - called rabies. Ever since Pasteur had been a teenager, he had been fascinated in the area of science, and knew that science was what he wanted to pursue …show more content…
He was a diligent worker and was determined to keep finding new inventions and discoveries. This led him to being one of the most influential people in history, evolving the medical sciences to a great extent. One of the greatest accomplishments he achieved was finding out that a vaccine for anthrax could be made by giving the diseased individual a weakened strain of the disease. This instigated a spark in him to extend this discovery to another disease, rabies. He was sure that by weakening a strain of the rabies disease, he would be able to create a vaccine, just like he did for …show more content…
After two years of researching and making modifications to the vaccine formula, it was yet to be tested on a human being. He had tested multiple animals who were affected with rabies, in which all of the trials were successful. Briefly, his brow furrowed as his mind recalled the day a few weeks back. A dog with rabies had been brought into his laboratory, with its mouth foaming and eyes darting from side to side. Its whole body was spasming continuously, making it difficult for Pasteur to inject the vaccination. Flustered, he had his assistant Charles Chamberland hold down the dog and, finally, Pasteur could inject the vaccine. Within a few days, the dog recovered and was happily running around in no time. He had been, however, somewhat uncertain whether or not he should test the vaccine on an actual human being. There was still the chance that the vaccine would not work on a human, and therefore Pasteur was caught in a dilemma. For a fraction of a minute, he had thought that he should become diseased with rabies and test the vaccine on himself, but whilst he had contemplated this thought, he was informed of Joseph Meister and immediately discarded this