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Louis Pasteur ALS 1880

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Louis Pasteur ALS 1880
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Historically important Louis Pasteur autograph letter signed with his initials ''L.P'' and dated 9 May 1880. Pasteur writes a letter about corrections to his medical manuscript on his first vaccine: ''I apologize to Mr. Baillaul for having added a rather long note which was not in the manuscript. But I had communicated the facts and told him in person…in fact there should be no more than four pages. I believe that the word 'intercolic' in the middle of the second page of the essay will be after the…at the bottom of the page, otherwise I would have pointed out a correction.'' This letter refers to Pasteur's only publication that year, ''Extension of the germ theory,'' which was read by Pasteur before the French Academy des Sciences in May 1880, the month of this letter, and later published in volume 86 of ''Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences.'' This publication occurred in the same year as Pasteur's first successful vaccine to fight cholera. Single page 5'' x 8'' letter is written boldly written in ink. A previous owner has added the words ''Pasteur Chimiste'' in blue pencil at the bottom of the page, else near fine.