Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people died each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a vaccine. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a 9-year-old boy, Joseph Meister, was bitten by a rabid dog. The boy's mother begged Pasteur to experiment on her son. Pasteur injected Joseph for 10 days - and the boy lived.
Decades later, of all the things Pasteur could have had etched on his headstone, he asked for three words:
"JOSEPH MEISTER LIVED"
Our greatest legacy will be those who live eternally because of our efforts.
No comments:
Post a Comment