November 24, 2023
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur pays tribute to Dr. Grancher, physician and “Pasteurian”
On November 7, 2023, the Grancher Foundation celebrated its 120th anniversary on the Institut Pasteur campus. The Foundation was established by Dr. Joseph Grancher, who carried out the first rabies vaccination in 1885.. It was an opportunity for the Institut Pasteur's President to pay tribute to the physician best known for his work on tuberculosis – a disease that the Institut Pasteur continues to fight.
In connection with this anniversary, the Research Journal on pasteur.fr also has a feature on the history of the first rabies vaccination in 1885, in which Joseph Grancher was involved. The tuberculosis specialist met Louis Pasteur in 1884, soon becoming Pasteur’s medical advisor and participating in his rabies research, including the development of a vaccine tested on animals.