For the celebration of L. Pasteur’s birth , the Académie des sciences publish several articles about his work. Y. Carton (EGCE) wrote “Louis Pasteur face à la maladie du ver à SOIE (1865-1870) : du chimiste au biologiste”. It is about the time L. Pasteur consecrated to the study of a desease of the silk worm.
More details: https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/chimie/item/10.5802/crchim.204.pdf