Person
Émile Roux
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Years
- 1885
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Émile Roux, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Pasteur and Roux test the rabies vaccine on Joseph Meister
1885Role: Collaborator in rabies research
- Meister bitten by rabid dog
Nine-year-old Joseph Meister was badly bitten by a rabid dog in 1885.
- Successful treatment
Meister was likely the first person to be successfully treated for rabies, a disease with a high fatality rate.
- Vaccination treatment
Pasteur inoculated Meister with spinal tissue from rabid rabbits, starting on 6 July 1885.
- Meister bitten by rabid dog
Sources
- Émile Roux Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06