Tetanus Toxoid

 

                                                                       Clostridium Tetanus

Tetanus Described By Hippocrates In 5 th Century

Carle and Rattone, 1884

Injected Pus From A Fatal Human Case Into Animals 

Nicolaier, 1884

Produced  Tetanus By Injection Of Soil Samples  

1889: Japanese Bacteriologist Isolated The Bacteria 

1897:  Nocard showed Tetanus Antitoxin producing Passive Immunity

Desccombey: Tetanus Toxoid In 1924 

Extensively Used In World War 2 

Then And Now 

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