@Background Pony #BCFD
So assuming the prior circumstances it would be possible to be injected by magical pony serum? Even if they don’t use it much anymore there almost always see, to be some sort of exception.
Fun fact time! Horse blood has been medically important to humans in the past, starting in the late 1800s and saving thousands of lives.
Inoculating a horse with the toxin from a disease causing bacteria (diphtheria, and historically tetanus) causes them to produce antibodies, just as we would (it functions as a vaccinating agent). Since horses are so large, they produce a LOT of antibodies, and a lot of blood can be drawn at a time without injuring the horse. The blood would be separated into “horse serum,” which had no cells and a high concentration of antibodies. These antibodies bind to toxins and generally do a good job of nullifying them, and represent an immediate-action agent that can be injected once purified.
The down side, of course, is that equine antibodies are slightly different from human antibodies, and can cause (sometimes severe) allergic reactions. Most of the antibodies used for antitoxins and antivenoms are now fully human to avoid this (and usually produced by hybridomas, a white blood cell and cancer hybrid that is REALLY convenient and it’s amazing that they work at all). Better yet, we just vaccinate people directly for these diseases now.
Sudden panic at rejection of the blood?
Nothing happens?
The horse’s brain takes a sudden rocketing ascent towards evolution and realizes he can use all those human words to vocalize his abstract thoughts?