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Close Title: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and biologist Author: EDELFELT Albert (1854 - 1905) Creation date: 1885 Dimensions: Height 154 cm - Width 126 cm Place of Conservation: Musée d & 39; Orsay website Contact copyright: RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d & 39; Orsay) / Martine Beck-Coppola Image link: Image reference: 11-565381 / DO1986-16 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and biologist © RMN-Grand Palais ( Musée d & 39; Orsay) / Martine Beck-Coppola Date of publication: November 2019 Research Fellow CNRS Center for Research on Arts and Language Historical background The discovery of the rabies vaccine In the early 1880s, the French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a reached the top of a long career marked by major discoveries (refutation of the theory of spontaneous generation, studies on fermentation, sterilization process called "pasteurization", development of vaccines against chicken cholera and t against anthrax).