The private science of Louis Pasteur

Background and Context

From Crystals to Life

Vaccines, Ethics, and Scientific vs. Medical Mentalities: Anthrax and Rabies

The Pastorian Myth.

Laboratory Notebooks and the Private Science of Louis Pasteur

Pasteur in Brief

The Emergence of a Scientist The Discovery of Optical Isomers in the Tartrates

From Crystals to Life Optical Activity, Fermentation, and Life

Creating Life in Nineteenth-Century France Science, Politics, and Religion in the Pasteur-Pouchet Debate over Spontaneous Generation

The Secret of Pouilly-le-Fort Competition and Deception in the Race for the Anthrax Vaccine

From Boyhood Encounter to "Private Patients" Pasteur and Rabies before the Vaccine

Public Triumphs and Forgotten Critics The Debate over Pasteur's Early Use of Rabies Vaccines in Human Cases

Private Doubts and Ethical Dilemmas Pasteur, Roux, and the Early Human Trials of Pasteur's Rabies Vaccine

The Myth of Pasteur.