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Pasteur Letter

Caption:

Pasteur wrote this letter to Emile Roux requesting him to send vaccine to Joseph Lister.

Description:

Pasteur wrote this letter to Emile Roux requesting him to send vaccine to Joseph Lister. Translation: August 8, 188[?] My Dear Roux, Do not bother about that affair of Sarda. I have sent the box for which he asked from Carcassone. I have just written to Lister and had the idea of promising him two vaccinations of the maximum strength yet made for his use in surgery. Can you send him this--you ought to have something at hand of that strength. Best wishes, L. Pasteur.  In 1886, Lord Lister was appointed to an English commission charged with investigating Pasteur’s rabies vaccinations.

Creator:

The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Timeline Category:

Pioneers

Source:

The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. MSS 2/0146-01. Robert Abbe Collection of Pasteur Memorabilia.