An original monotone unmounted photograph portrait of Dr. Louis Pasteur.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine
Material
paper: tan
chemical treatment of colours: black
Inscriptions
Hand printed in pencil on back: "Dr. T. Gibson"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-5 Box 24
Dimension Notes
Length 20.6 cm x Width 15.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Faded photo and backing paper.
Copy Type
Reproduction
Reference Types
Internet
JPG
Reference Comments
Website: Wikipedia; CD #1
Research Facts
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist est know for his remarkable breaktrhoughs in the causes and prevention of disease. His experiments supported the germ theory of disease, also reducing mortality from puerperal fever (childbed), and he created the first vaccine for rabies. He was best know to the general public for inventing a method to stop milk and wine from causing sicjness; this process came to be known as "pasteurization".
In the 1950 – 60s this portrait collection was compiled by Dr. Thomas Gibson from old publications to create a historical medical gallery of pioneers of modern medical sciences for teaching medical students at Queen’s University, Kingston. Many of these prints do not indicate the date of the publication or source, so those prints that are not dated were attributed to the time period of the compilation, even though the paper appears older than this time frame. Original prints are heavily glued to thick paper backing. Prints were framed at Kirkpatrick’s Art & Flower Store in Kingston, Ontario, as noted on the blue paper labels on the reverse.