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| Picture No | 11077318 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Horse serum farm at Elstree, 1915. |
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Horse serum farm at Elstree, 1915. One unusual contribution of the horse to the war effort was as a supply of serum which acted as an antidote to tetanus poisoning, also known as lockjaw. Serum, or blood fluid with the clotting agents removed, is collected from the blood of specially selected horses, who have carefully infected with the disease, and so built up an immunity to it.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Graphic, 27 November 1915, page 698 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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