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Certainly this should receive greater attention and acclaim.

It would appear that Mr. Amherst was a genius, in the sense that he anticipated the "germ theory" of disease by more than a hundred years!

What a pretender that Pasteur is!

This general knew not only the cause of the disease, but had developed techniques for its spread. I hope Saddam doesn't read this post.

The germ theory was the foundation of numerous applications, such as the large scale brewing of beer, wine-making, pasteurization, and antiseptic operations. Another significant discovery facilitated by the germ theory was the nature of contagious diseases. Pasteur's intuited that if germs were the cause of fermentation, they could just as well be the cause of contagious diseases. This proved to be true for many diseases such as potato blight, silkworm diseases, and anthrax. After studying the characteristics of germs and viruses that caused diseases, he and others found that laboratory manipulations of the infectious agents can be used to immunize people and animals. The discovery that the rabies virus had a lag-time before inducing disease prompted the studies of post-infection treatment with weakened viruses. This treatment proved to work and has saved countless lives.

from Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

It would appear that Mr. Amherst was a genius, in the sense that he anticipated the "germ theory" of disease by more than a hundred years! What a pretender that Pasteur is!

LOL! Thanks for the info.