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Joseph Meister (21 February 1876 – 24 June 1940) was the first person to be inoculated against rabies by Louis Pasteur, and likely the first person to be successfully treated for the infection, which has a >99% fatality rate once symptoms set in.
At the end of the treatment course, Joseph was inoculated with an especially virulent rabies virus from a mad dog. Nothing happened! Pasteur was pleased to announce, thanks to his vaccine,...
In 1885, a boy by the name of Joseph Meister was bitten 14 times by a rabid dog, with life-threatening consequences. Dr. Jacques Joseph Grancher convinced Louis Pasteur and his colleagues to vaccinate the young man. This first human rabies vaccination was a resounding success.
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Jul 6, 2015 · One hot July morning in 1885, feverish little Joseph Meister was dragged by his frantic mother through the streets of Paris in search of an unknown scientist who, according to rumors, could...
On July 6, 1885, Louis Pasteur and his colleagues injected the first of 14 daily doses of rabbit spinal cord suspensions containing progressively inactivated rabies virus into 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been severely bitten by a rabid dog 2 days before.
Aug 8, 2014 · One of them was Joseph Meister, a nine-year-old boy who had been bitten by a dog at 8:00 AM on July 4. The boy had at least 14 bites and his death from rabies seemed inevitable.
Jul 6, 2007 · On July 6, 1885, the vaccine was administered to Joseph Meister, a 9-year-old boy who had been attacked by a rabid dog. The boy survived and avoided contracting rabies, which would have...
