Queen
Saovabha Memorial Institute is the place that various vaccines
and serums are produced to both protect and save people from
diseases, such as small pox, rabies and even snake bites.
The establishment of this institute arose when Somdet Krom
Phraya Damrongrachanuphap initiated the process to prevent
rabies, in dedication to his daughter who passed away, fighting
against rabies
in the Year 1912, it was named The Pasteur Institute in memory
of Louis Pasteur the French scientist who discovered the rabies
vaccine. This institute was affiliated to the Thai Red Cross
in the Year 1917. Afterwards,
H. M. Somdet Phra Mongkut Klao, King Rama VI, donated his
personal fund to enable a new building to be constructed within
the same area. It was to
be
a memorial dedicated to H. M. Somdet Phrasri Phatcharinthra
The Regent Queen, and Royal consort of H. M. Somdet Phra Chunlachom
Klao, King Rama V, whose maiden name was HRH. Princess Saovabha
Phongsri, who also, always a great patron to the institute.
The new name of the institute then became The Saovabha Memorial
Institute and was graciously opened on the 7th December 1922,
moving all operations to the present location as we see it
today.
Thailand
is the home of more than 180 varieties of snakes of which
56 are important venomous. Imported antivenoms are not always
effective in neutralizing Thai snake venoms and it becomes
necessary to establish a local production facility that
utilizes the venom of snake from this region for making
antivennoms. Dr. Leopold Robert, the first director, and
the Pasteur Institute of Paris
helped
the Thai Monarch to develop this facility. A snake farm
was thus established at the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute
(QSMI), and was opened on November 22, 1923 by Queen Sawang
Vadhana, the President of the Thai Red Cross Society. It
is the second snake farm in the world after Butantan in
Brazil.
General
Information
Access
Taxis
Miter
Motorcycle
Taxis
Tuk-Tuk
Air
Conditioned Bus
Bus
No.
141,
501
Air
Conditioned EURO II Bus
Bus
No.
4, 21,
50, 67, 76,
Join
Servuce Air Bus
Bus
No.
4, 22
BTS
Sky Train
Station:
Saladaeng
MRTA Subway
Station:
Samyan
Address
Queen Saovabha Memorial
Institute 1871 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330,
Thailand
Open
Hours of QSMI
Snake
Farm:
Weekdays
8.30
a.m.- 4.30 p.m.
Weekends
and Holidays
8.30
a.m. to Noon
Demonstration
and Lectures
11.00
a.m. and 14.30 p.m Weekdays
11.00 a.m. on Weekends and Holidays
Queen
Saovabha Memorial Institute is the place that various vaccines
and serums are produced to both protect and save people from
diseases, such as small pox, rabies and even snake bites.
The establishment of this institute arose when Somdet Krom
Phraya Damrongrachanuphap initiated the process to prevent
rabies, in dedication to his daughter who passed away, fighting
