Harvard Classics, Vol. 38, Part 7

Scientific Papers

Louis Pasteur

These papers describing the process of fermentation and the discovery of germs would revolutionize medicine.

Bibliographic Record

Contents

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introductory Note
Dedication
Author’s Preface

1. The Physiological Theory of Fermentation
   1. On the Relations Existing Between Oxygen and Yeast
   2. Fermentation in Saccharine Fruits Immersed in Carbonic Acid Gas
   3. Reply to Certain Critical Observations of the German Naturalists, Oscar Brefeld and Moritz Traube
   4. Fermentation of Dextro-Tartrate of Lime
   5. Another Example of Life Without Air–Fermentation of Lactate of Lime
   6. Reply to the Critical Observations of Liebig, Published in 1870
2. The Germ Theory and Its Applications to Medicine and Surgery
3. On the Extension of the Germ Theory to the Etiology of Certain Common Diseases