Bockemühl J
Medizinaluntersuchungsanstalt, Hygienisches Institut, Hamburg.
Immun Infekt. 1994 Apr;22(2):72-5.
100 years ago, in 1894, Alexandre Yersin discovered the causative agent of plaque in Hong Kong. Only a few people know that the native Swiss and student of Pasteur and Roux spent nearly 50 years of his life in Vietnam, where he became director of the Pasteur institutes and earned merits by his engagement for the control of communicable diseases in humans and animals. He, furthermore, successfully introduced tropical plants such as rubber, cacao, coffee and quinquina tree. In 1943, at the age of 80, Yersin died as a personality venerated by all classes of the vietnamese population. During a recent visit to Vietnam the author impressively realised that this veneration is still alive inspite of 30 years of terrible wars and 20 years of communist government.
100年前，即1894年，亚历山大·耶尔森在香港发现了鼠疫的病原体。只有少数人知道，这位土生土长的瑞士人、巴斯德和鲁的学生，在越南度过了近50年的时光，在那里他成为了巴斯德研究所的所长，并因致力于控制人类和动物的传染病而赢得赞誉。此外，他还成功引进了橡胶、可可、咖啡和金鸡纳树等热带植物。1943年，80岁的耶尔森去世，他是深受越南各阶层人民崇敬的人物。在最近一次访问越南期间，作者深刻地意识到，尽管经历了30年的可怕战争和20年的共产主义政府统治，这种崇敬之情依然存在。
