Essays Tagged: "Louis Pasteur"

Antibiotics

e some skin infections and rashes. It was in the late 1800's that the real study of medicine began. Louis Pasteur discovered that bacterium was the cause of disease, and proved wrong the theory of spo ...

(4 pages) 89 0 4.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Food Preservation

owing the discovery by Nicolas Appert, another breakthrough had developed. Another Frenchman, named Louis Pasteur, noted the relationship between microorganisms and food spoilage. This breakthrough in ...

(11 pages) 136 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

This essay explains the history of Smallpox through the present.

ot favored by all. It was continued until 1798 when Edward Jenner came up with a safer alternative. Louis Pasteur gave it the name, vaccine, from the Latin word for cow, vacca, because of Jenner's wor ...

(3 pages) 50 0 2.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The 19th centuary has had a huge impact on our lives today without the inventions, ideas and philosophies that were developed then we wouldnt have what we have today.

was a time back in the 19th century when it was believed that life just happened spontaneously, but Louis Pasteur later proved this impossible, and it was discovered by Charles Darwin that every speci ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Is Penicillin as Important Today as When It Was First Discovered?

ticed. Instruments used in surgery were generally re-used without cleaning them. Scientists such as Louis Pasteur showed research that linked disease to bacteria, but many did not believe in its valid ...

(5 pages) 64 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

LSD.

her grasses. Despite the popular theory that LSD was found by accident, it was really discovered by Louis Pasteur. He was hired by a pharmaceutical drug company, and told to research on ergot. What he ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The Use and Abuse of Antibiotics

d to get rid of diseases selectively. First studies and observations of its principles were done by Louis Pasteur who discovered that certain saprophytic bacteria could kill anthrax germs. However, th ...

(6 pages) 99 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Scientific Discoveries of the 19th Century

es from the nineteenth-century are Charles Darwin, Joseph Lister, Allessandro Volta, Gregor Mendel, Louis Pasteur, and many more.People used think that every life form now on Earth was here from the s ... overies scientist today can tell if a baby is going to or has a chance of developing a birth defect.Louis Pasteur is a world-renowned chemist and biologist. He founded the science of microbiology, pro ...

(2 pages) 33 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Overview of Beer Industry in America - Beer Industry overview as well as how Anheuser-Busch and others have stayed on top.

nks of the middle ages were thought to be the keepers of the Bible and a basic form of beer. Before Louis Pasteur, only wild air born yeast was used. But Americans needed more. Thomas Jefferson, a rev ...

(6 pages) 368 0 4.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

An essay on Louis Pasteur

my name is Louis Pasteur I was a French chemist that dedicated my life to science and finding cures for people. ...

(2 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Assess the impact of technology on the development of cell theory. In particular, include the development of the microscope and give evidence where possible.

s this. However, a lot of people still believed in spontaneous generation.It wasn't until 1864 that Louis Pasteur dispelled the theory of spontaneous generation through an experiment with microbes on ...

(2 pages) 42 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Describe evidence to support the cell theory

came from pre-existing cells, which was contributed into the Cell Theory.In1862, French biologist, Louis Pasteur carried out an experiment that disproved the old idea of spontaneous generation. His e ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The second half of the 19th century has been called the Golden Age of Science. How was this reflected in the literature and philosophy of all time?

the people how these things worked, and people became more interested. One important scientist was Louis Pasteur who discovered thermodynamics. Thermodynamics investigated the relationship between he ...

(3 pages) 26 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

All About Louis Pasteur

Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895)French chemist who studied the effect of tartaric acid on polarized light. Under a ...

(2 pages) 24 0 2.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Industrial Age

e many scientific discoveries that stemmed from the Industrial Age that we take for granted.In1885, Louis Pasteur, a French scientist, discovered the vaccine for rabies, a potentially fatal disease wh ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Ben Carson, Dr.

and accomplishments in the area of medicine. While France claims allegiance from the great chemist, Louis Pasteur, for developing vaccines, and Great Britain was home to Sir Alexander Fleming, who spa ...

(9 pages) 20 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Pasteurization

; and it ensures the quality of the products.The name pasteurization came from the French scientist Louis Pasteur.Louis Pasteur was born in Dole France on December 27, 1822; he was married to Marie La ... ccine for dogs from getting rabies and to treat humans bitten by dogs with rabies. Finally, in 1876 Louis Pasteur discovered that undesired fermentation could be prevented in wine and beer by heating ...

(2 pages) 7 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays

The use and abuse of anti-biotics

sumed the work in 1935, and the substance they produced was successfully trialled in humans in 1940.Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole, in the region of Jura, France. His discovery th ...

(5 pages) 14 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Models of Innovation Contribution Towards Innovation Management in Organizations

efforts on their part that advances are made. Discoveries may not be expected, but in the words of Louis Pasteur, "chance favours the prepared mind." (Trott P, 2005 : 21)Linear models:-Figure 1Early ...

(9 pages) 73 0 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce

Animal Testing Essay

imal Testing"); the first major reference to animal testing was in the late nineteenth century when Louis Pasteur gave some sheep anthrax to show the importance of vaccines with his germ theory. ("Bet ...

(13 pages) 1 0 0.0 Sep/2013

Subjects: Humanities Essays