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What disease was the medicine sent to cure for the serum run in 1925?
diphtheria
How does serum affect diphtheria?
The serum neutralizes the toxic poisons that the bacteria released into the body.
What epidemic hit Nome in 1925?
The Diphtheria Virus
Is there a cure for diphtheria?
you could take a diphtheria vaccinee :] hope i helped.
How was the serum packed on the first Iditarod?
In test tubes.
How is diphtheria treated if the patient is sensitive to animal serum?
Patients who are sensitive (about 10%) must be desensitized with diluted antitoxin, since the antitoxin is the only specific substance that will counteract diphtheria exotoxin. No human antitoxin is available for the treatment of diphtheria.
What is the antitoxin for diphtheria?
The antitoxin is made from horse serum and works by neutralizing any circulating exotoxin. The doctor must first test the patient for sensitivity to animal serum.
What was the serum packed in during the 1925 serum run?
Probably LSD.... yes drugs but it was actually very effective not even kidding
Does diphtheria have a cure?
It is spread by people touching things like phones and door knobs.
How did the Victorians cure diphtheria?
Use laudenum. Or better yet, caulk the wagon and float.
When did diphtheria start in Alaska?
Diphtheria has been around for thousands of years. Hippocrates was the first to describe it in the fifth century. In the 1880s, F. Loffler discovered it was caused by a bacteria and sometime in the 1920s a vaccine was produced.
Did Magneto die in X-Men The Last Stand?
No, he only had his powers suppressed by the "mutant cure" serum.
