M0012525: Three flasks opened by Pasteur in various localities

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Three flasks opened by Pasteur in various localities

Photograph of three flasks opened by Louis Pasteur in Poupet, Montanvert, and Mer de Glace during his experiments to disprove doctrine of spontaneous generation. These items were accessioned by Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R997/1939, R1000/1939, R1001/1939) but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

May 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the items depicted in the glass plate negative:R997/1939,

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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