THE CONQUEST OF LOCKJAW.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 33, 21 January 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE CONQUEST OF LOCKJAW.

The portnl.nr belief that a wound from treiding on a ni«ty is ver.- ] Itlolv t<> <nu*e tetanus is quite correct. ! TI: * is not loom s - it is a nail or | i< rub but l>ecaii.so l»v Ivin" on the | ground it 11. is l'o<vs’r’'s iofoefod with th"* I.T"S of 10-kjaw. Moro,.ver. n> th- i ennentred wound can cd bv the nail ■ I !•' d~ Int litt'c "M t!r~ Flood dvi<». I rp and ox<lud.»< th-' air. t’-o most fav- ! i ilra'de conditions for the d v h.pmonr i of tetanus oris". for. .->s K-' -nf. th.l ipnn.-.o l.acteiioloci^t. proved the ,ab j «r nc , of , X v.-.-n is rn st favourable t-. ! t" ’ "vowth <•: ’his term. |r has ?>oe>, fi.iind bv <xp-rim -nt th-.' the i< I ■ a-T;ed ir> fa the «mn:d c>rd, rot bv ' th - n’s r'o- 's or th- b’o dv-=s-h. a, are oth-r f oi--ns. but thr ugh the >ro- j tr r n rves tL--ii’-oh •.. F >rni*iatelv. ■ ; n rnti-poison r.r nntid .'■> ba- Koon J - J '■ I- p-d btii <■> t ■"■■ o' tj,e act-nr ~f t :ie n-si. >n :1a- in ,m .ani-r.al two n ; nt"s nr,', tbn ini ~ f o;, ~f a t-ta' ’ *’• !-••• ; - n t • -e ,is ■■■" ■>. of th ■ ' t-n-rd;. i- re ,iTt: ed a- r it had beo a 1 ■ s' .--rod with 'h n -son : n''r -• ? ’ ~’■ ; 1 ten tune- th - amount. - , r ' ... t ni-.T... f •;fi-.... ; ri.-n-a! amount ia nee s«arv. Thirr *■ '■ . -- entirely hantile.-.. A« .1 • ■'■■■: • . ni t '-.-K I. !■-■.■. 1* n .« irr.*t nnVflirn except e!te- ! r - r t ' ’■’• ''n-ls instead --f i .-i»<» ter;t IV j t tornicrlv was. When f i, tear.*', tjm nnfit xin t- u-ed as a j t—’v. n-iv > a- d when it In~ developed i'-l r ' r - In for nntrirnlh ‘ h rse, suffer enormotts’y more frequent- I ’’o «r a ”’ antitoxin is »««».— Hirper s Magntin?." |