TRAUMATIC TETANUS TREATED BY CHLO ROFORM INHALATION; RECOVERY.

Case of Traumatic Tetanus Treated with Conia. Recovery

jaws locked, though some power of deglutition was still retained; the spasms were frequent and pretty violent; the trunk, however, did not very markedly bend itself; the muscles of the extremities were greatly affected, and the abdominal recti were stiff and in constant spasmodic contraction." The Baboo prescribed tincture of Cannabis Indica and spirits of chloroform ; also chloral hydrate and ...

Case of Traumatic Tetanus Treated with Chloral Hydrate: Recovery

At the time of his admission he had spasms about every ten minutes, and cculd swallow nothing but fluids, although able to open his mouth enough to admit an ordinary spoon. Pulse 90; temperature in armpit 105?. Bowels had been costive for several days, until the day before admission. At 8-30 a.m. given 20 grs. chloral hydrate. Slept for some hours, and had no spasms during sleep. 5 p.m., anothe...

A Case of Traumatic Tetanus; Recovery

Two Cases of Traumatic Tetanus: Recovery

istered morning and evening, with milk and sago as diet. The patient, up to 25th, did not complain of any pain or uneasiness in the head, nor had he much fever. He did not show any symptom of injury to the internal organs. On the morning of the 25th, slight paralysis (affecting both motion and sensation) of the left side of the face was noticed (side corresponding to the wound), which gradually...

A Case of Tetanus, Treated with Tetanus Antitoxine: Recovery

The patient was a male, aged 25, well developed and well nourished. The illness began six days before admission into the J. J. Hospital, with severe headache, and attacks of pain and rigidity of the muscles of the neck and jaw. On the following day the rigidity increased in the muscles at the back ot the neck, and appeared in the anterior abdominal muscles. He was then compelled to take to his ...