The bicentenary of the great scientist - Louis Pasteur

Abstract

Moving to the East of France, Jura-land, the Pasteurian land, allowed us to get to know up close a hilly area on the border with Switzerland which is very favourable for grapes. The viticulture sector, being developed in Bourgogne since ancient times, has attracted the attention of many scholars and artists. One of them was the great Pasteur, whose Museum-House is located in the small town of Arbois, a large wine-growing center. Throughout the summer and autumn of 2022, under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences and the “Terre de Louis Pasteur” cultural team, events, symposia, festivals, and meetings with scientists are organized to commemorate the bicentennial jubilee. Admirable are the places where the future scientist lived, the local church, the house where he went to school and the laboratory of the great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur (27.12.1822–28.09.1895). Born near Dole (70 km North), his parents bought (in 1830) a four-level house right on the banks of the Cuisance river, where on the 1st and 2nd floors were his residence, the upper 3rd and 4th floors were intended for science. The article reveals the concerns of the scientist in whose laboratories they studied: microbiology, vaccines, hygiene, sanitation, immunity, the process of acquiring table salt from underground water, the biochemistry of fermentation and pasteurization.