Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1898

LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895) Études sur la bière. . . . avec une théorie nouvelle de la fermentation. Gauthier-Villars 1876 viii, 387 pp., illus., 13 plates. 22.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1897

In Pasteur's important study of fermentation, he discovered that contamination of beer was caused by microorganisms found in the air and not spontaneously generated as had been previously believed. He made possible the scientific processing of beer, wine, milk, and other perishable products.

Cited references: Cushing P139; Garrison-Morton 2485; Osler 1550