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Also Known As lyssa • hydrophobia

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Painting by Albert Edelfelt showing Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, holding a glass flask and examining it intently, surrounded by scientific equipment on a workbench.
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Sir Victor Horsley, c. 1910
Sir Victor Horsley
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