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  • Napoleon III, 86
  • Needham, John T., experiments on spontaneous generation of microbes, 31 et seq.
  • Newton, Isaac, 8, 19, 27, 36, 63, 64, 250, 280
  • Nocard, M., 177
  • Pasteur, Louis, 57–104, 145–183; alcoholic fermentation by yeast, 71, 72, 73, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103; as a chemist, 61; a violent patriot, 97; boyhood experience with mad wolf, 57, 170; death of, 181, 182; disasters with anthrax vaccine, 165, 166; discovers anthrax vaccine, 157–164; discovers vaccine for chicken cholera, 152–156; diseases of wines, 88, 89, 90; experiments on spontaneous generation, 78, 79; experiments with lactic fermentation, 64, 65, 66, 67; experiments with microbes of the air, 83, 84, 85, 86; inspirational letters to sisters, 59, 60; last speech of, 182, 183; other references to, 23, 24, 50, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 116, 121, 122, 123, 128, 132, 138, 139, 140, 141, 184, 187, 188, 193, 203, 211, 216, 218, 221, 228, 230, 234, 238, 250, 279, 312, 335, 340; press agent for microbes, 63, 73, 77, 87. 90; quarrel with Bernard, 101, 102, 103; quarrels with Koch, 167, 168 rabies vaccine discovered by, 169–181; religious philosophy of, 79; saves Russian peasants from rabies, 180, 181; work on diseases of beer, 97; work on diseases of silkworms, 91–97
  • Pasteurization, 90
  • Pasteur, Madame, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 72, 103, 151, 177, 182
  • Park, W. H., 201, 206
  • Peronçito, Dr., 152
  • Peter, the Great, 19
  • Pettenkofer, Max, swallows Koch’s cholera culture, 133, 134
  • Phagocytes, discovered by Metchnikoff, 214–229; immunity due to, 212–220
  • Pidoux, Dr., theory of consumption, 108
  • Pompadour, Madame de, 27
  • Pouchet, M., 85, 86
  • Pouilly-le-Fort, famous experiment of, 159–164
  • Prolongation of life, attempted by Metchnikoff, 228–233
  • Prometheus, 163
  • Purboona, 292
  • Putrefaction, caused by microbes, 61
  • Rabelais, 166
  • Rabies, 169–181
  • Rayer, M., 109
  • Réaumur, René, 25
  • Redi, Francesco, 30, 35
  • Reed, W., 311–333; death of, 333; disproves infected clothing theory, 324, 325, 326; fails to find microbe of yellow fever, 314, 315; other references to, 235; proves stegomyia mosquito carries yellow fever, 317–329
  • Renan, E., praises and admonishes Pasteur, 168, 169
  • Ross, Ronald, 278–208; attempts proof Manson's mosquito theory, 285–291, 297, 298; discovers gray mosquito carries bird malaria, 292–298; discovers malaria pigment in mosquito stomach, 289; meets Patrick Manson, 282; other references to, 309, 3I5
  • Rossignol, Dr., 158
  • Roux, E., 184–206; announces cures by antitoxin at Budapest, 204, 205; discovers diphtheria toxin, 189–193; other references to, 69, 147–182, 217, 221, 229, 230, 231, 234; syphilis prevented by, 229–232
  • Royal Society, 8, 25, 31, 32, 37; as audience for Leeuwenhoek, 9, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24; confirm Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microbes, 16; elect Leeuwenhoek Fellow, 16
  • Russian peasants, saved by Pasteur, 180–181
  • Ruth, Babe, 237
  • Rutherford, Ernest, 56
  • Salmon, D. E., 237, 238, 242
  • Salvarsan (606), discovered by Ehrlich, 350–356; deaths from, 356–357; Ehrlich cures human syphilis with, 355; Ehrlich cures syphilis of rabbits with, 353
  • Sand, George, 87
  • Schaudinn, F., discovers Spirocheta pallida, 351
  • Schwann, Th., experiments on putrefaction by microbes, 61, 76
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