Geneva (VNA) – A collection of nearly 70 photos taken by Swiss physician andbacteriologist Alexandre Yersin are placed on display at an exhibition inMorges, Switzerland to commemorate the 75th anniversary of his death (1943-2018).
The exhibition isco-organised by the Association of Admirers of Alexandre Yersin and the Embassyof Vietnam in Switzerland, featuring photos taken by the doctor during his stayin Indochina from 1892-1941.
The photos wererestored from their original versions kept at Pasteur Museum in the Frenchcapital Paris, the Yersin Museum in Nha Trang in central coast of Vietnam, and aswell as those looked after by his family.
They captured hishouse and garden in Con village, Nha Trang and his memories travelling aroundthe Lang Biang Highlands, Saigon, Cambodia, and more. The photographs portrayedlocal people, and especially the fishing community, of Con village, as well asvarious ethnic minority people around Vietnam.
According to theVietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland, the event offers viewers new insight intoYersin’s life and the beauty of Vietnam’s natural landscapes and people, whilealso contributing to strengthening the relations between Vietnam andSwitzerland.
AssociationPresident Jacques-Henri Penseyres praised Yersin as an inspiring humanitarianwith a passion for science and great courage to pursue an adventurous life. Headded that the association first came up with the idea of collecting photos bydoctor Yersin two years ago.
The exhibitionwill run through until November 18.
Yersin, the Swiss doctor who became a Frenchcitizen but ultimately lived and died with Vietnam in his heart, is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillusresponsible for the bubonic plague, which was later named in his honour(Yersinia pestis). This discovery was one of the greatest revelationsfor humankind in history.
Dr Yersin settled down in the coastal city of Nha Trang in 1891where he lived for more than 50 years and became Director of the PasteurInstitute in Nha Trang in 1895.
He was credited for finding the site for the town of Da Lat (300kmnorthwest of what was then Saigon) in 1893. He also tried his hand atagriculture and was a pioneer in the cultivation of rubber trees in Vietnam.
Yersin's house in Nha Trang is now the YersinMuseum and the epitaph on his tombstone describes him as a benefactor andhumanist, venerated by the Vietnamese people. –VNA
The exhibition isco-organised by the Association of Admirers of Alexandre Yersin and the Embassyof Vietnam in Switzerland, featuring photos taken by the doctor during his stayin Indochina from 1892-1941.
The photos wererestored from their original versions kept at Pasteur Museum in the Frenchcapital Paris, the Yersin Museum in Nha Trang in central coast of Vietnam, and aswell as those looked after by his family.
They captured hishouse and garden in Con village, Nha Trang and his memories travelling aroundthe Lang Biang Highlands, Saigon, Cambodia, and more. The photographs portrayedlocal people, and especially the fishing community, of Con village, as well asvarious ethnic minority people around Vietnam.
According to theVietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland, the event offers viewers new insight intoYersin’s life and the beauty of Vietnam’s natural landscapes and people, whilealso contributing to strengthening the relations between Vietnam andSwitzerland.
AssociationPresident Jacques-Henri Penseyres praised Yersin as an inspiring humanitarianwith a passion for science and great courage to pursue an adventurous life. Headded that the association first came up with the idea of collecting photos bydoctor Yersin two years ago.
The exhibitionwill run through until November 18.
Yersin, the Swiss doctor who became a Frenchcitizen but ultimately lived and died with Vietnam in his heart, is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillusresponsible for the bubonic plague, which was later named in his honour(Yersinia pestis). This discovery was one of the greatest revelationsfor humankind in history.
Dr Yersin settled down in the coastal city of Nha Trang in 1891where he lived for more than 50 years and became Director of the PasteurInstitute in Nha Trang in 1895.
He was credited for finding the site for the town of Da Lat (300kmnorthwest of what was then Saigon) in 1893. He also tried his hand atagriculture and was a pioneer in the cultivation of rubber trees in Vietnam.
Yersin's house in Nha Trang is now the YersinMuseum and the epitaph on his tombstone describes him as a benefactor andhumanist, venerated by the Vietnamese people. –VNA
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