The Rivalry That Shaped Modern Medicine (Pasteur vs. Béchamp)

I tell the story of one of science’s greatest rivalries: Louis Pasteur vs. Antoine Béchamp. I trace the origins of germ theory and terrain theory and explore how politics, industry, and ego shaped modern medicine.

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If we’re talking about politics in medicine, I invite you to read up on Ignaz Semmelweis, and how he ended up basically because of going against the zeitgeist and received knowledge of the time.

I will. That name popped up in my research actually