Chinese Coins, CHINA Hong Kong (Hongkong), Medal : Hong Kong Plague of 1894, Bronze Portrait Medal of Alexandre Yersin, by G Prud’homme, Rev the hut where he isolated the bacillus, Latin legend HIC INVENIT PESTIS CAUSAM, HONG KONG below and (incorrect) date MDCCCXCIII. Extremely fine, rare. Yersin (1863-1943) lived in Vietnam and founded the Pasteur Institute there. He is credited with introducing the Brazilian rubber tree to Vietnam and planted cinchona for the production of quinine. The scientific name of the bubonic plague bacillus is yersinia pestis.
