The antitoxin used to treat it was developed in 1890, and a vaccine in 1923; it is now exceedingly rare in the U.S. Nome, western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago.
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years agoThe antitoxin used to treat it was developed in 1890, and a vaccine in 1923; it is now exceedingly rare in the U.S. Nome, western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago.
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