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Vaccine

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Who �invented �the first vaccine?

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In 1796,�Edward Jenner �invented �the first vaccine in the world.

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Louis Pasteur was one of the first inventors of vaccine, too.

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COMMON CORE

Teacher: HASSAN KHEDDA

Unit- 08: Science and technology

Reading:

Louis Pasteur

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Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole, France. He married to Marie Laurent and had five children; four girls and a boy. He graduated in 1842 from Besancon College with honors in physics, mathematics, Latin, and a first prize for drawing. He also attended Ecole Normale to study physics and chemistry. In 1849, he became a chemistry professor in Strasbourg.

In 1881, Pasteur began to study rabies. He spent long hours in his laboratory seeking a vaccine to prevent rabies. One day in 1885, a dog infected with rabies bit a small boy named Joseph Meister. The boy's parents begged Pasteur to save their son. Pasteur hesitated to use his new vaccine on a human, but he finally accepted. After a few weeks of treatment, the vaccine worked. The boy did not get rabies.

The Pasteur Institute was opened in his honour in 1888, and Louis Pasteur served as director of the institute until his death on September 28,1895.

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Reading Comprehension:

A) Answer these questions:

      • When was Louis Pasteur born? ........................................................................
      • Who was his wife? ……………………………………………………………………
      • What did Louis Pasteur study in 1881? …………………………………………....

B) Are these statements true or false? Justify.

      • Louis Pasteur had three children. …………………………………………………..
      • Pasteur became a chemistry professor in 1842.………………………….……….
      • Pasteur studied rabies. ………………………………………………………………

C) Complete the chart with information from the text:

Personal information

Place of birth

Date of death

Wife’s name

Date of graduation

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Reading Comprehension:

A) Answer these questions:

      • When was Louis Pasteur born? ........................................................................
      • Who was his wife? ……………………………………………………………………
      • What did Louis Pasteur study in 1881? …………………………………………....

B) Are these statements true or false? Justify.

      • Louis Pasteur had three children. …………………………………………………..
      • Pasteur became a chemistry professor in 1842.………………………….……….
      • Pasteur studied rabies. ………………………………………………………………

C) Complete the chart with information from the text:

Personal information

Place of birth

Date of death

Wife’s name

Date of graduation