Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur was born in 27th December 1822 in a poor family in

Dole France. In his childhood he enjoyed singing and art but when
Louis was exposed to science as a teenager he found that science
was awesome. When he was 16 he went to university to become a
science teacher. Pasteur studied mathematics, physics and
chemistry. After he studied chemistry he became a chemistry
professor at the University of Strasbourg. While he was teaching as
a professor at the university he fell in love with Marie Laurent and
had 5 children, however 3 died of typhoid. It was very sad but it
drove him to find a cure.
During Pasteurs time
people thought that
microbes such as
bacteria just came out
of nowhere. The people
thought that it was just
bad luck. Louis Pasteur
did experiments to see if
this was true. Of course
it wasnt true and his
experiments had proven
it. Pasteur used his
knowledge of germs to
investigate liquids such
as wine and milk so that
he could see if there
were any bacteria and
moulds. He discovered
that if you heat up
liquids it would kill most of microbes and it would allow the liquids to
last longer. It would be safer to drink. This process is known as
pasteurising and it is still done to other liquids and foods as well
such as cheese, juices, vinegar and wine. But one of the downsides
would be that when you pasteurise milk or other stuff it doesnt just
kill the bad stuff but it would also kill the good stuff. So raw milk
(unpasteurised milk) maybe better for you as it still contains
important enzymes for digestion but there may be a greater chance
of you getting sick.
Anyway Pasteur continued investigating diseases. He discovered
that if he could inject a weaker form of disease, the body could fight
it off and next time when the disease comes back, the immune

system will be ready for it and it will know what it should do so it

can fight it off quickly. This process is called vaccinating.
Louis died in 1895 when he was 73 years old in September 28.
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By Miranda