<P> The human diploid cell rabies vaccine (H.D.C.V.) was started in 1967 . Human diploid cell rabies vaccines are inactivated vaccines made using the attenuated Pitman - Moore L503 strain of the virus . Human diploid cell rabies vaccines have been given to more than 1.5 million people as of 2006 . </P> <P> In addition to these developments, newer and less expensive purified chicken embryo cell vaccine, and purified Vero cell rabies vaccine are now available . The purified Vero cell rabies vaccine uses the attenuated Wistar strain of the rabies virus, and uses the Vero cell line as its host . </P> <P> Virtually all infections with rabies resulted in death until two French scientists, Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux, developed the first rabies vaccination in 1885 . This vaccine was first used on a human on July 6, 1885, on nine - year - old Joseph Meister (1876--1940), who had been mauled by a rabid dog . </P> <P> Their vaccine consisted of a sample of the virus harvested from infected (and necessarily dead) rabbits that was weakened by allowing it to dry for 5 to 10 days . Similar nerve tissue - derived vaccines are still used now in some countries, and while they are much cheaper than modern cell culture vaccines, they are not as effective . Neural tissue vaccines also carry a certain risk of neurological complications . </P>

Who was responsible for discovering the rabies vaccine