Excerpt from The Influence of Pasteur on Medical Science: An Address Delivered Before the Medical School of Johns Hopkins University Largeness of the opportunity, - of using unworthily the precious moments which fortune has be stowed on me. My choice of subject has not, I fear, lessened this hazard, for l have chosen to speak to you of one of the most significant men of the past cen tury, whether we consider him as a person, as an investigator or as a public benefactor. I pray you, therefore, deal gently with the shortcomings of an undertak ing so difficult and ambitious as that of estimating the influence of a great career on the advance of medical science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.