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Devout Christians had been sipping sacramental wine for centuries when Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch stepped in as Communion steward of the Vineland (N.J.) Methodist Church in 1869. A stern prohibitionist, Dentist Welch determined forthwith to banish Bacchus from the altar. After reading up on Pasteur and experimenting with figs, raisins and blackberries, Dr. Welch gladdened the hearts of fellow communicants on Sunday by serving sterilized, unfermented grape juice. It tasted almost like wine...
...famed Pasteur Institute of Paris put on sale 6,000 series (three shots each) of a modified Salk anti-polio vaccine, found the situation in France diametrically opposite to that in the U.S.: supply far exceeds demand. One reason is that polio is much less common in France; so is the wherewithal to buy the vaccine, which costs $7.15 for the three shots...
...soon learned that dedication was not enough. Mainland health officials paid L'Haridon only 23,000 francs ($65) a month; the islanders gave him an unheated stone house furnished only with a single candle and a portrait of Louis Pasteur and, beyond that, little but sullen acceptance. "In the beginning," says L'Haridon, "it was like camping. I like camping, but how could I work as a doctor?" As the weeks wore on, the young doctor was appalled by his task. The islanders refused to pay bills or take orders. Some 300 Senans were seriously ill with bronchitis...
...reading public in its raw state. Your new 'cancer cure' may be simply a study of enzymatic action on malignant cells until the eager-beaver writer gets wind of it. By the time he tries to present you to the readers as a latter-day Pasteur, your medical society is ready to drum you out as a snake oil salesman...
...service to man since the she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus. The wolf of Sahneh was rabid, and his appearance was just what a World Health Organization team had been waiting for. If it gets a chance to develop, rabies is invariably fatal. Ever since the days of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), doctors have been able to head off rabies with a series of 14 to 21 vaccinations, but the treatment is costly, painful-and sometimes fatal. A "hyper-immune serum." developed about ten years after Pasteur's vaccine from the blood of animals infected with rabies, was known...