M0012523: Flask containing yeast, water and chalk used by Pasteur

Date:
May 1952
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/111/95
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M0012523: Flask containing yeast, water and chalk used by Pasteur. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Flask containing yeast, water and chalk

Description

Photograph of a flask containing yeast, water and chalk used by Louis Pasteur in his experiments to disprove the doctrine of spontaneous generation. This item was accessioned by Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R1014/1939) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

May 1952

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R1014/1939

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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