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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
He hadn’t seen a case of diphtheria in the 18 years he had practiced in the area. Within months, that changed. In a telegram, Welch pleaded with the U.S. Public Health Service to send serum ...
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The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925
bringing the antitoxin used to treat Nome’s diphtheria epidemic, which had raged for weeks [Getty Images] ‘We take our hat off to the dog’ The first 300,000 units of serum were a lifesaver ...
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100 Years Later: Remembering the incredible sled dogs and mushers of Alaska’s 1925 serum run
He hadn’t seen a case of diphtheria in the 18 years he had practiced in the area. Within months, that changed. In a telegram, Welch pleaded with the U.S. Public Health Service to send serum ...