A Case of Tetanus, Treated with Tetanus Antitoxine: Recovery
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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 bed. On admission the expression was anxious.
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