IDIOPATHIC TETANUS.

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 ...

A Case of Idiopathic Tetanus Treated with Sub-Cutaneous Injection of EserineSulphas: Recovery

ally the jaws became locked up completely, and he could take nourishment with difficulty. The ordinary run of medicines proving ineffectual, I tried hypodermic injections of eserine sulphas in grain doses. The effect was marvellous; for after two or three injections the tonic spasmodic condition of the body became less marked, the intervals between the clonic spasms increased, and the stiffness...

A Case of Idiopathic Tetanus, Successfully Treated with Tincture of Aconite

A faiii delicate girl, named Soornum, aged eleven years, of the Culla caste, and of nervo-bilious temperament, was brought to the hospital from Mailnuttum, a village ten miles south of the station, on the evening of the 29th June, 1866, about five o'clock. The following symptoms were present, on admission: stiffness of the muscles of the neck and of jaw ; pain in the throat, with difficulty of ...

Cranial nerve palsies in tetanus: cephalic tetanus.

Severe tetanus--in spite of tetanus toxoid.

A 66-year-old man sustained an injury to his right foot while gardening. Despite receiving tetanus toxoid one hour later and adequate wound toilet, he developed severe tetanus complicated with autonomic dysfunction six days later. He died 20 days after admission. This case shows that tetanus toxoid alone may not be sufficient to prevent tetanus in wounded patients. Careful consideration must be...