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Louis Pasteur  

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  • Louis pasteur was a polymath French scientist who made many important contributions to modern medicine, including the use of vaccines for anthrax and rabies. He also contributed to the area of stereochemistry, and the term pasteurization carries his name. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Pasteur, Louis (1822–95)]

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