A Case of Gas Gangrene and Tetanus Treated with Sulphapyridine *Paper rearranged by editor.

t0 p, the whole hand would slough off by degrees, and -Ck ^.e Possible danger of infection, sulphapyridine of j ^1Ven in an initial dose of 3 gm. within four hours ^?lury and 3 more grammes that day. the morninSi the forearm swelled extensively up to t0 ^|bow and by the evening the swelling reached up high f armpit; the patient was toxic, and had a Colo emPerature. The injured * part was purple in SaUen ̂ acci gave a slightly offensive odour with serodia^lne?us discharge. Gas gangrene was clinically Gr^?Sed. and a smear from the wet tissue revealed CrP* rod-shaped bacilli having spores c,1ltTj welchH; there were no facilities for prciT/eTetanus antitoxin 3,000 I.U. was given