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

  1. Pasteur and Roux test the rabies vaccine on Joseph Meister

    1885

    Role: Collaborator in rabies research

    1. 1885 · Unspecified locationMeister bitten by rabid dog

      Nine-year-old Joseph Meister was badly bitten by a rabid dog in 1885.

    2. July 1885 · Unspecified locationSuccessful treatment

      Meister was likely the first person to be successfully treated for rabies, a disease with a high fatality rate.

    3. 6 July 1885 · Unspecified locationVaccination treatment

      Pasteur inoculated Meister with spinal tissue from rabid rabbits, starting on 6 July 1885.

Sources

  1. Émile Roux Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06