Louis Pasteur charged Albert Calmette in 1891 with
founding a branch of the Pasteur Institure in Saigon
where Calmette studied snake and bee venoms.
Back in Paris and realizing that toxicology
could learn from immunology,
Calmette injected diluted cobra venom into horses.
The immune response of the horses produced antibodies
that were separated from the horses’ blood
to create Calmette’s serum, the first antivenom.
Pasteur Institute
anthrax
rabies
smallpox
typhoid
gangrene
influenza
diphtheria
syphilis
bubonic plague
tetanus
tuberculosis
leprosy
typhus
polio
yellow fever
Cures for what ails
For the creation of the anti-fear vaccine
we injected fear metabolics into rabbits
but the rabbits’ immune systems,
instead of creating antibodies,
created only more fear metabolics.
We experimented with means
to create an anti-boredom vaccine,
but the results were boring.
Our anti-stupidity vaccine initially resulted
in a 56% decrease in stupidity; however,
the positive results did not continue
after our patients left the clinic,
but had the opposite effect—
their egos outshining their curiosities.
We learned from our mistakes,
and began promoting pan-ethnic
and pan-religious activities in preschools
as an antidote to violence.
A huge goal for this century
inspires our scientists every day
in their relentless search for a cure for war.
The Pasteur Institute has been a great force
in our battle against infectious diseases.
It was the first to isolate the virus that causes AIDS.
Ten of its scientists have won Nobel prizes.
The World Health Organization reports:
“Immunization currently averts an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths every year.”
The Pasteur Institute has been a great force in our battle against infectious diseases. It was the first to isolate the virus that causes AIDS. Ten of its scientists have won Nobel prizes. The World Health Organization reports: “Immunization currently averts an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths every year.”
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