there is no cure for rabies. there is a vaccine (medicine to try to prevent rabies) against it. the vaccine was first developed by louis pasteur and pierre paul émile roux in 1885. this vaccine used a live virus grown in rabbits, and weakened (through drying it). the first person to be vaccinated was joseph meister (a 9-year-old boy who had been bitten by a dog). vaccines similar to this are still used today, but other vaccines (growing the virus using cell cultures) are more used.