Medical Institutions
Pasteur Institute
Also Known As Institut Pasteur
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The Pasteur Institute is a French nonprofit research foundation dedicated to the study of infectious disease, established in Paris in 1887 and formally opened on November 14, 1888. It grew directly out of Louis Pasteur's rabies vaccination work: after he treated nine-year-old Joseph Meister, bitten by a rabid dog, in July 1885, patients seeking the treatment arrived from around the world in numbers that required a dedicated facility, funded by international public subscription. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Founding YearEstablished by public subscription and government decree in 1887, following the 1885 Meister rabies case; the institute formally opened on November 14, 1888. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Named in the research as one of the two European models Rockefeller followed.
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The institute's founding mission was infectious disease research and vaccination, establishing microbiology and epidemiology as institutional disciplines.
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