Alexandre Yersin Museum
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“This small museum is dedicated to the scientist Dr Alexandre Yersin (1863–1943), who founded Nha Trang’s Pasteur Institute in 1895.”
– Lonely Planet
"There isn't a Frenchman more revered in Vietnam than Alexandre Yersin (18631943), the bacteriologist who discovered the cause of bubonic plague. Yersin founded the Pasteur Institute in..."
"Here you can get an inkling of the work of one of Vietnam's greatest heroes. Swiss doctor Yersin founded Dalat, isolated an important plague-causing bacterium, and researched agricultural..." Full review