PASTEUR IN THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE

When elected a member of Academie de Medecine in 1873, Pasteur was wel l known for his achievements in chemistry, fermentation and silk worm diseases. He denied spontaneity of diseases, their cause are living ge rms, Passionate disputations took place in Academy on subjects of sept icaemia, childbirth fever, or fowl cholera. In 1881, his success was o btained by vaccination of sheep against epidemic anthrax : his method of virus action softening was available for many human infections dise ases, in spite of many disputations. The same method applied to rabies gave him universal glory. When he died in 1895, his views on infectio ns diseases where accepted by Academie de medecine and all over the wo rld.