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Pasteur was asked by a French brewing company to investigate why it’s beer went bad.
Pasteur was also asked by the silk worm industry to investigate the causes of a disease attacking the silkworms. Both investigations showed the role of bacteria.

One of Pasteur’s team accidentally injected a chicken with cholera which had been left in the sunlight. The chicken survived this led to the realisation that heat weakens a germ and this weakened germ can be used in vaccination.

Improved Technology

The development of the microscope and Joseph Lister’s improvement so that objects can be magnified without distortion.

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