The Forthcoming Pasteur Centenary Celebrations at Strasbourg

Abstract

WE have already announced that the Government of the French Republic has desired to commemorate this year the centenary of Louis Pasteur, and Strasbourg, where this illustrious savant commenced his scientific and university career, has been very fittingly chosen as the scene for the celebrations. Chief among these will be an international scientific exhibition-L'Exposition Internationale du Centenaire de Pasteur-which has been organised with the object of setting forth the fruits of Pasteur's work, not only in the domain of medicine but also in those of industry and agriculture. This exhibition will be officially opened on June 1 in the presence of the President of the French Republic, members of the French Government, and scientific delegates from all over the world. On the same day a monument erected to the honour of Pasteur in the Place de l'Universite will be inaugurated, and a further permanent memorial is to take the form of a Museum of Hygiene. This will consist of a collection of exhibits illustrative of the various researches of Pasteur, and will constitute a history, in concrete form, of the early years of the science of microbiology.