The work of Pasteur and the Modern Conception of Medicine

Abstract

MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN,—It is not without emotion that I rise to address this learned assembly. I know, indeed, that I am addressing men who are not my fellow citizens, but among them are some, enfants de notre vieille nation Gauloise, who have the same mother tongue as we; they speak from childhood our beloved French language, they are thus a little more than my fellow citizens, for they are my compatriots, and I feel myself animated by a truly fraternal affection for them; and as to my English colleagues, they have given evidence of so much good will and of a courtesy so delicate, that I need make no great effort to assure them of my gratitude. In one word, although a stranger I seem to be among friends.