DIED OF TWO DISEASES.
To the surprise of the medical experts, when a post-mortem examination was held recently at the London Hospital on William Buxton, a carman, who had been admitted as suffering from tetanus, it was found that he also had had cerebro-spinal meningitis. Dr. Wells, the house surgeon, said at the inquest that he had never seen such a case. Tho man had all the symptoms of-tetanus, which he had probably contracted by a small wound in the toe, caused by a nail in his boot. In spite of 3000 units of anti-toxin injected into his spine and another 3000 units into his brain, he became delirious and died. The Coroner pointed out that cerebrospinal meningitis was a disease the origin of which had not vet been ascertained. It was believed, however, to have been introduced in the first case from across the Atlantic. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned, though the jury thought that the actual cause of death was tetanus.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16113, 18 January 1918, Page 5
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