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PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent ('Chère Madame', in Australia), Paris, 10 July 1888, closely written on pale green paper with printed monogram, 2 pages, 8vo, one line written on conjugate leaf.
An interesting letter on the progress of research to find a vaccine for anthrax ('"Charbon" ou "Cumberland disease"') in Australia, the associated trials of his proposal for reducing the rabbit population, and the lamentable dilatoriness of the Rabbit Commission. 'Si [la Commission] s'est décidée à agir, en quelques jours seulement, ils auront pu faire ce qu'ils ont appelé leur 1ere exp[érien]ce: mort en 24 heures de 30 lapins divisés en 3 lots de 10 chacun par un repas souillé = nourriture variée pour les divers lots. Ils auront pu faire également ce qu'ils ont appelé leur 2e exp[érien]ce: innocuité du choléra des poules pour les animaux domestiques, par repas souillés répétés ... Mais c'est compter sans les bâtons que la Com[missi]on peut mettre encore dans les roues de leur char.'.
The Pasteur Mission, directed by Adrien Loir and Louis Germont, was working in Australia to establish a means of preventing anthrax, known locally as 'Cumberland disease'. Successful trials of a vaccine made from a culture of the bacillus were carried out shortly after the present letter, in September 1888. At the same time, the Rabbit Commission was considering Pasteur's proposition that rabbits could be controlled by infecting them with chicken cholera but rejected it.
An interesting letter on the progress of research to find a vaccine for anthrax ('"Charbon" ou "Cumberland disease"') in Australia, the associated trials of his proposal for reducing the rabbit population, and the lamentable dilatoriness of the Rabbit Commission. 'Si [la Commission] s'est décidée à agir, en quelques jours seulement, ils auront pu faire ce qu'ils ont appelé leur 1
The Pasteur Mission, directed by Adrien Loir and Louis Germont, was working in Australia to establish a means of preventing anthrax, known locally as 'Cumberland disease'. Successful trials of a vaccine made from a culture of the bacillus were carried out shortly after the present letter, in September 1888. At the same time, the Rabbit Commission was considering Pasteur's proposition that rabbits could be controlled by infecting them with chicken cholera but rejected it.
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