The First Rabies Vaccine

by Kids Discover

In 1885, nine-year-old Joseph Meister became the first person saved by Louis Pasteur’s rabies vaccine, previously proven to work only on animals. Pasteur inoculated the boy with weakened rabies germs 13 times over a period of days. Three months later, Joseph was declared cured. (Photo: Felix Nadar)

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