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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1972
Page
18
In 19th century southern France silkworms were dying, and Louis Pasteur examined thousands of silkworm eggs under a microscope. He found differences due to germs, separated healthy eggs, and saved the silk industry. His work spread his fame and led to further public tasks including fighting cholera.
Several French farmers noted sick chickens including a dying hen and drooping birds. Pasteur studied the causative microbes, cultured the germs, then tested them on healthy chickens, which contracted mild illness but recovered, demonstrating the cholera strain’s behavior.
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