When was tetanus vaccine invented

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During the s, the combined work of Shibasaburo Kitasato, Emil von Bering, and Edmond Nocard demonstrated that tetanus antitoxin had both protective and immunizing effects against tetanus toxins. Anti-Tetanic Serum, Horses were given gradually increased doses of toxins, and their bodies built up antitoxins antibodies to neutralize those toxins. The horses were bled, and the antitoxin serum harvested from the blood.

Antitetanic Serum U. The museum collected this serum from the H. Mulford Company as part of an exhibition on "animal products of the U.

Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary. World War I was instrumental in the effort to find a way to treat tetanus. Much of the fighting occurred in fields, where wounds were constantly exposed to tetanus spores. They used antitoxin for both prevention and treatment, experimenting with the size and number of doses.

A soldier who showed potential symptoms of tetanus, or wounds conducive to tetanus, was given a course of tetanus antitoxin.

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