The other Pasteur. Changing views on the postoperative chest.
The life and works of William Pasteur (1855-1943) are described and his thesis that pulmonary collapse is the harbinger of the development of postoperative lung pathology is discussed.
D004739:England; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland