Who's Who in the Far East/YERSEN, Dr. Alexander E. J.
YERSEN, Dr. Alexander E. J. ( NHATRANG ), Superintendent of Pasteur Institute of Nhatrang and Saigon as Agent for Paris Pasteur Institute in Indo -China; b. Sept. 22, 1863. Educ.: Geneve; Lausanne; Paris. Doctor for Messageries Maritimes Co. (Eastern line); assistant and collaborator of Dr. Roux, Superintendent of Pasteur Institute of Paris, in works on diphtheric toxine and tuberculosis; joined health clinic service, Dec. 30, 1902; 2nd class Surgeon-Major, Aug. 1, 1895; Superintendent of Pasteur Institute of Nhatrang, since 1898; Director of School of Medicine at Hanoi, established by Mr. Dourner. Decorations: Officer of the Legion of Honour. Publications: Works on Bubonic Plague and Bovine Plague. Address: Nhatrang, Annam, Indo-China.