A Case of Tetanus Treated with 25 per Cent Magnesium Sulphate Solution

A tea-garden coolie, a female, aged about 65 years, got an injury on the dorsum of her right hand by a paddy-husking machine (dhenki). The patient was treated and it healed up completely by the 15th day. From the morning of the 17th day the patient complained of stiffness of her neck muscles. On the next day she was not able to raise her head from the bed. On the morning of the 19th day I saw her and found the following symptoms :? Feeling of tightness in the jaws and difficulty in mastication and swallowing. The angles of mouth drawn out producing risus sardonicus.