[The research works on Shanghai Pasteur Institute]

Shanghai Pasteur Institute, found in 1899, was the first institute of medical research on rabies with modern western medical science, and was also the first rabies vaccine manufacturer in China. By making use of relevant archives and documents, the authors attempt to elaborate its foundation and evolution, which focus on the fields of infectious disease prevention, popularization of vaccine inoculation, vaccine manufacturing and cultivation of Chinese medical talents. Before 1949, two branches of the Institute had been set up. It was incorporated into the newly established PLA Academy of Military Medicine Sciences in 1951. As an orient branch of the original Pasteur Institute, Shanghai Pasteur Institute inherit the sprit and methodology of the original Institute, and make great contribution to the foundation and development of Chinese modern microbiology, immunology and modern medical education.