TETANUS AND CHLORAL HYDRATE.

Hydrate of Chloral in Tetanus

"With reference to treatment, it will be noticed that ot the 83 cases, two absconded from the hospital, so that, practically, we have to deal with 81 instances of tetanus, and of these 13 are stated as having been " relieved" when discharged from hospital; this is doubtless a very unsatisfactory way of accounting for cases of tetanus, but it is unavoidable in this country ; the friends of the p...

Idiopathic Tetanus Treated with Chloral Hydrate; Recovery

July. The day following he was admitted into hospital as an in-patient. Symptoms on Admission.?Extreme rigidity of muscles of neck, jaws, and back; abdomen and extremities also slightly affected; can barely open his mouth; bowels costive; pulse hard and quick ; tongue white and dry. Complains of great thirst, but can with difficulty swallow. Temperature of body normal. Tetanic spasms follow at ...

Hypodermic Injection of Chloral Hydrate in Tetanus

Brow, a tall, strong, muscular man, of the cultivator caste, about 36 years of age, was admitted into the dispensary with, tetanus, which was said to have commenced four days previ? ously without apparent cause; there was no history of any wound or hurt, or of exposure to cold or wet. His state on admission was as follows :?Muscles of neck and jaw were quite rigid, so that he could not open his...

Chloral and Chloral Hydrate

These substances were considered by a previous Working Group, in February 1995 (IARC, 1995). Since that time, new data have become available and these have been incorporated into the monograph and taken into consideration in the present evaluation.

Chloral and Chloral Hydrate