Various contributions to medicine were made from Louis Pasteur’s findings in immunology, medical microbiology, and chemistry. Immunology is the science that involves the way one’s body defends itself from diseases and infections. Pasteur’s findings in immunology lead to gaining more knowledge to prevent diseases in order to benefit the society in the long run. His contributions in immunology lead to learning new forms of vaccinations. Pasteur introduced the concept of vaccinations to prevent infectious diseases. A vaccination is a type of treatment given to people in need to cure or prevent a disease. This type of treatment contains a substance that produces immunity against diseases that may affect an individual’s health. It promotes immunity by …show more content…
He founded a vaccine for chicken cholera and it resulted in creating immunity. The chickens were given an old culture of the germs and became immune to the disease. After this discovery, Pasteur concluded that their bodies created a defense against the cholera culture. In addition, Pasteur applied his knowledge of vaccinations to finding a cure for anthrax bacilli. His studies for anthrax vaccines consisted of, preparing cultures of the bacillus after determining the conditions that led to the organism’s weakness. The vaccination procedure involved two different vaccinations in intervals within twelve days. The vaccines also had different properties to help find the most suitable vaccine for the infected organisms. Therapeutic vaccines were introduced in Pasteur’s studies of rabies. Therapeutic vaccines are vaccines that helps cure diseases or infections to one’s body. Rabies is an infectious disease that can spread from contact with an infected person. The contagious disease was primarily among mammals and resulted in it causing them behavioral imbalances and convulsions. Convulsions are when one’s body muscles constantly contracts and relaxes