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...plague has struck. In one district in rural China, said Dr. Pollitzer, his WHO teams found 44 cases, saved 41. For the pneumonic form, there is rabbit serum, developed two years ago at the Hooper Foundation's animal building, known to laboratory workers and San Francisco newspapers as "Mousetown"; rabbits, like man but unlike horses (usual source for serums), can catch the plague. There are also new vaccines that can be given to ward off attacks; they are made from live bacilli that, says Pollitzer, have become "friendly," lost their ability to cause the disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Plague | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

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