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  1. 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.

  2. Joseph Meister was a 9-year-old boy who was bitten by a rabid dog in 1885 and became the first human to receive Louis Pasteur's experimental vaccine. Learn how Pasteur saved his life, and what happened to him later in his diary.

  3. In July 1885, nine-year-old Joseph Meister from Alsace was bitten 14 times by a rabid dog. His mother, Marie-Angélique, had heard of a scientist called Louis Pasteur who was vaccinating rabid dogs. She went to Paris and begged him to save her son.

  4. Jul 6, 2015 · 3 minute read. Joseph Meister, who received inoculation of the rabies vaccine from Pasteur in july 1885 Apic/Getty Images. By Lily Rothman. July 6, 2015 10:00 AM EDT. R abies is among the most...

  5. In the space of 10 days, Joseph Meister received a total 13 injections of rabid spinal cord that were progressively fresher (more virulent). This first vaccination was a success. Joseph Meister never developed rabies and became the first ever human being to be vaccinated.

  6. On July 6, 1885, Pasteur vaccinated Joseph Meister, a nine-year-old boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog. The vaccine was so successful that it brought immediate glory and fame to Pasteur. Hundreds of other bite victims throughout the world were subsequently saved by Pasteur’s vaccine, and the era of preventive medicine had begun.

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  8. Meeting with success in protecting dogs, even those already bitten by a rabid animal, on July 6, 1885, Pasteur agreed with some reluctance to treat his first human patient, Joseph Meister, a nine-year-old who was otherwise doomed to a near-certain death.

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