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Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute
Medical institute in
Bangkok,
that is part of the
Thai Red Cross Society.
It was
inaugurated on 7 December 1922, under
the auspices of King
Rama VI,
who offered his private property for the construction of a new home for the
institute's predecessor, i.e. the Pasteur Institute, that since 1913
produced vaccine against rabies and smallpox, and was set up after a
suggestion of Prince
Damrong Rachanuphaap
(a
half-brother of King
Rama V),
whose daughter had died of rabies. It
is named after
Queen
Saovabha,
sometimes transliterated
Saowapha
and also known as Queen
Sri Phatcharinthra
(fig.),
i.e. the mother of King Rama VI and a consort of King
Chulalongkorn.
Since 1923, the institute is
also home to the capital's
Snake Farm,
where
poisonous
snakes are ‘milked’
(fig.)
for their venom, which is used in
horse immunization for antibody production, that in turn is harvested from the animal's blood and
used to manufacture antivenom for snake bites.
See POSTAGE STAMP and
MAP.
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