Pasteur (1822-1895)



Pasteur experimenting on rabbits with his assistants

  • French biochemist and bacteriologist (founder of modern bacteriology)

  • 1879   Chicken cholera vaccine

    • The first experimentally produced attenuated vaccine
    • A serendipitous discovery after the Easter vacation

  • 1881   Anthrax vaccine for sheep and cattle

  • 1885   Rabies vaccine