Louis Pasteur

Events

2

Episodes

4

Years

1885–1887

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Louis Pasteur, 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: Developer of the rabies vaccine

   1. 11885 · Unspecified locationMeister bitten by rabid dog

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

   2. 2July 1885 · Unspecified locationSuccessful treatment

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

   3. 36 July 1885 · Unspecified locationVaccination treatment

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

2. Grancher defends Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment

   1887

   Role: Requester of the defense

   1. 41887 · Académie Nationale de MédecineGrancher Defends Rabies Vaccine

      Grancher defended Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment before the Académie de Médecine in 1887, citing the vaccination's successful survival rate.

Sources

1. Louis Pasteur Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
2. Joseph Meister Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-06
3. Jacques-Joseph Grancher Wikipedia, revision of 2024-07-27