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Crazy History Lesson: How the Rabies Vaccine Came to Be
A bite from a rabid dog was once a death sentence. Now, we have a 19th-century human experiment to thank for the rabies vaccine.
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Crazy History Lesson: How the Rabies Vaccine Came to Be
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A bite from a rabid dog was once a death sentence. Now, we have a 19th-century human experiment to thank for the rabies vaccine.
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Crazy History Lesson: How the Rabies Vaccine Came to Be
A bite from a rabid dog was once a death sentence. Now, we have a 19th-century human experiment to thank for the rabies vaccine.
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