The Discoveries Of Louis Pasteur
Wikimedia CommonsNostradamus may have predicted the success of Louis Pasteur, the man who discovered the process of pasteurization.
Louis Pasteur, born in 1822, is commonly referred to as the “father of microbiology” for his numerous contributions to science. Notably, he was the man who discovered the process that would come to be known as pasteurization, which removes bacteria from things like milk and wine, making them safe for consumption.
He also discovered that it was the growth of microorganisms that causes fermentation, marking a fundamental shift in how scientists thought about bacteria. Prior to Pasteur’s discovery, the commonly held belief was that fermentation occurred spontaneously.
This early work would eventually pave the way for vaccines, specifically for the treatment of rabies and anthrax. In fact, it was Pasteur himself who gave the first rabies inoculation to a nine-year-old boy named Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by a rabid dog. Meister, who would likely have died, recovered, and Pasteur’s inoculation technique was widely adopted by the larger scientific community.
He also happens to be one of the select few people apparently mentioned by name in Nostradamus’ prophecies:
“The lost thing is discovered, hidden for many centuries.
Pasteur will be celebrated almost as a God-like figure.
This is when the moon completes her great cycle,
But by other rumors he shall be dishonored.”
The fourth line of the quatrain is particularly notable, as in 1995, the biographer Gerald L. Geison published his book, The Private Science of Louis Pasteur, which revealed that Pasteur had secretly included a rival’s findings in his version of the anthrax vaccine to make it work — in a sense, “dishonoring” him.
The Rise Of Adolf Hitler And The Nazi Party
Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesNostradamus may have predicted the rise of Adolf Hitler.
Of all historical figures, there are perhaps none more infamous than Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party and the perpetrator of some of the most heinous crimes in history. Hitler’s rise to power and domination of the countries of Europe have been well chronicled, but could they have been foretold years before Hitler was even born?
There are, in fact, two Nostradamus predictions that have been linked to Hitler’s rise. This is the first:
“From the depths of the West of Europe,
A young child will be born of poor people,
He who by his tongue will seduce a great troop;
His fame will increase towards the realm of the East.”
Hitler was indeed born to poor parents in 1889 in western Europe. He was also known for his ability to sway people with words, which allowed him to gain immeasurable power and establish the Third Reich. Furthermore, as a part of the Axis powers, Hitler’s Germany formed an alliance with Japan, a “realm of the East.”
But this was not Nostradamus’ only alleged prediction regarding Hitler. The second goes:
“Beasts ferocious with hunger will cross the rivers,
The greater part of the battlefield will be against Hister.
Into a cage of iron will the great one be drawn,
When the child of Germany observes nothing.”
Some have claimed the word “Hister” here refers to Hitler, albeit misspelled. As it turns out, however, Hister is actually the Latin name for the Danube river, the second-longest river in Europe which flows through much of Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest in Germany to the Black Sea.
The Danube flows through or borders parts of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, many of which were occupied by Germany during World War II.
Supposing “Hister” refers to the Danube, many have seen Nostradamus’ quatrain as a prediction of the large-scale conflict that would affect the region.
And it wasn’t his only purported prediction about the Second World War.
