in
Cluj-Napoca He began his scientific career as an assistant in the Pathological Anatomy laboratory from Budapest (1874–1881). In 1885 he was appointed professor of
histopathology at the
Faculty of Medicine in Budapest. The same year, he discovered a
parasitic sporozoan of the
ticks, named
Babesia in his honor (of the family
Babesiidae), and which causes a rare and severe disease called
babesiosis. Later that year, he published the first treatise of
bacteriology in the world,
Bacteria and their role in pathological anatomy and histology of infectious diseases, which he co-authored with Cornil. Babeș's scientific endeavours were wide-ranging. He was the first to demonstrate the presence of tuberculous
bacilli in the
urine of infected patients. He also discovered cellular inclusions in rabies-infected
nerve cells. Of diagnostic value, they were to be named after him (Babeș-Negri bodies). Babeș was the promoter of morphopathological conception about the
infectious process, medical guidelines based on the synthesis between bacteriology and pathological anatomy. Babeș was credited with inventing the first rationalized model of
thermostat In 1913, he prepared a
cholera vaccine to combat
the cholera epidemic that broke out among
Romanian Army that was in the campaign of the
Second Balkan War in Bulgaria. Between 1916 and 1918 he continued the preparation of biological products, remaining in the area occupied by the
Central Powers. In 1919 he was appointed professor at the
University of Cluj, newly founded that year. Victor Babeș introduced rabies vaccination in Romania, only three years after its initiation by
Louis Pasteur. He is considered the second rabies specialist in the world after Pasteur and the father of serotherapy, precursor to modern
immunology. His work also had a strong influence upon
veterinary medicine, especially concerning
prophylaxis and
serum medication. He prepared the anti-diphtheria serum and conducted broad activity in researching
pellagra,
tuberculosis,
typhoid fever and
leprosy. He had published over 1,000 scientific papers and 25 monographs in the field of microbiology and pathology. In recognition of his innovative work in medicine, Victor Babes was elected member of the French
Académie nationale de médecine, of the International Committee for Combating Leprosy, and received three times the award of the
French Academy of Sciences. Likewise, he was awarded the title of Knight of the
Legion of Honor. == Philosophical conceptions and militant attitude ==