A Tenacious Case of Tetanus and the Effect of Anti-Serum
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patient semi-comatose. Lockjaw present. Back muscles moderately stiff. No convulsions. Very slight perspiration Pupils?equal, slightly dilated. Temperature subnormal. Respiration?27 per minute. Pulse?100, regular, weak. No history of any injury except that on the day before the patient picked her teeth with a dirty piece of thin, split bamboo and there was about half an ounce of blood from bleeding. Patient lives on ordinary Hindu diet,
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