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of Louis Pasteur to push medical awareness to the next milestone: making a link between specific particles—microorganisms—and their effects on other living organisms.

Although Louis Pasteur is regarded as the father of the germ theory, it is Dr Robert Koch who is regarded as the founder of modern bacteriology; nevertheless, like Louis Pasteur, Dr Koch is falsely venerated as a hero. It is widely claimed that Dr Koch provided the necessary ‘proof’ that certain diseases were caused by certain bacteria; but this is

His initial investigations were in connection with a silkworm disease; it is claimed that he discovered the cause of this disease to be a microscopic fungus. This study led to further investigations, the result of which was that in 1844 he proposed the theory that human diseases were also caused by microorganisms; his theory therefore precedes that

The first ‘germ theory of disease’ was proposed by Dr Plenciz in 1762, but it was not until the 19th century that the Italian entomologist, Agostino Bassi performed experiments that are alleged to be the first to provide ‘proof’ for the theory.

To “pasteurize” is to heat food to a temperature for a certain amount of time in order to reduce enough of the pathogens to deem it safe. We often pasteurize in sous vide cooking.

Et les bactéries d'Edmond ? – Lui-même déclarait qu'il ne faisait qu'étudier ses ancêtres. Disons qu'il remontait un peu plus haut que la normale dans son arbre généalogique…

Louis Pasteur’s germ theory: we still want to do our best to avoid the pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and fungi that can cause acute sickness. But we also want to do our best to avoid autoimmune reactions that lead to chronic sickness, which involves protecting our microbiomes when possible, and certainly avoiding needlessly destroying them.