Word: serum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There Is No Cure for the plague. Serum, given immediately after a quick diagnosis, helps somewhat. Quantities of plague serum are kept ready & waiting at U.S. Public Health laboratories...
...might be given in mass quantities to air raid casualties, would be extremely dangerous to the 40 per cent of the student body who suffer from slight or serious allergies, the Hygiene Department stated, as it advised such people to take advantage of a newly developed tetanus toxoid serum...
People who have inherited hay fever or asthma, who have taken pneumonia serum, or who have suffered previously from the old tetanus anti-toxin, may become gravely ill if given a fresh dose, and anyone who has had the treatment less than five years ago is also liable to a reaction...
Although the treatment is free, there is a charge of about $1.50 for the serum...
...step with wartime medical advances, the Hygiene Department has announced that it has on hand a new toxoid which is designed to fight tetanus without causing the serious reactions which often arise. If the serum is taken in advance and again after an injury, much time may be saved in administering it to allergic people, who otherwise could only be given the ordinary toxin very slowly and with considerable danger. Naturally this discovery can play an important role in bomb-threatened regions, where many injuries might require immediate attention. But under ordinary circumstances it also can accomplish much, since...