CURE FOR LOCK-JAW
M. Koux; of the Pasteur Institute (according to the Paris correspondent of the London 'Daily Telegraph') has 'made the important announcement that he and his colleag-ues have discovered a real and efficient cure for tetanus, or lockjaw. The Germans, it appears, have already used a serum for subcutaneous injections in cases of lockjaw, but no beneficial results Avere obtained by the treatment. M. Rous came to the conclusion that the antitetanic stuff should be injected, into the brain, under the membranes, so as to reach the seat of the malady. Experiments were tried on animals Avith remarkable success, and M. Rouk then entered into communication Avith the leading medical men of Paris and conferred Avith them on the advisability of trying the effect of the serum on a patient. A man afflicted with tetanus Avas accordingly trepanned on April 26 last. Dr. Quenu performed the operation of trepanning, and M. Roux then made an intracerebral injection of the serum which he had prepared. The patient is noAV as Avell as possible. A full communication on the matter will be made, as usual, to the Academy of Medicine.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 25 June 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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