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VACCINE DISCOVERY
In 1879, when Pasteur was
researching a poultry disease
called chicken cholera, he realized
that weakened strains of a disease
could be used to create a vaccine
against the full-strength disease. This
discovery helped him to develop
vaccines against anthrax and rabies.
Doctor giving IN GOOD HEALTH
rabies vaccination
FIGHTING RABIES
Pasteur produced a vaccine for
rabies (an infectious disease that
affects humans and animals) in
1885. His first rabies patient was
nine-year-old Joseph Meister, who
had been bitten by an infected dog.
Pasteur became a national hero
after the boy made a full recovery.
Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
1881 1885 1887 1895
Pasteur creates a vaccine for He vaccinates a human for He establishes the Pasteur Pasteur suffers another
the deadly disease anthrax, the first time, helping to Institute in Paris, which stroke, but fails to recover
which he uses to successfully cure a boy with rabies. is dedicated to the research this time. He dies on
immunize animals, such as of infectious diseases. September 28, 1895.
sheep, goats, and cows.
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