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by chorsestudios 896 days ago
This practice is referred to as Mithridatism. Snake venom injections will help develop an increased metabolic tolerance, but this not quite the same as developing a vaccine. Bill Haast injected himself for years with gradually increasing quantities of snake venom. His blood was able to be used in place of anti-venom.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haast