A. What is Pasteur’s “Germ Theory of Disease?. How did he discover this principle? B. What major obstacle did he have to overcome (A philosophical concept) to establish the validity of the theory.

A. What is Pasteur’s “Germ Theory of Disease?. How did he discover this principle? B. What major obstacle did he have to overcome (A philosophical concept) to establish the validity of the theory.

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