The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-19
PIN PRICK AND LOCKJAW
How the Bacilii OF Tetanus Get in
Their Deadly Work

New York. Aug. I-Of tetanus, or lock
jaw. the dreadful plague OF ages. a young
woman died in ST. Johns hospital. at
Long Island City yesterday. Men OF sci
ence say that the search OF pin caused
II; that the pin must have been picked
up from the earth where the bac.lI OF
tetanus have their colonies. that the peril
Of using pins. the origin OF whlc. is not
known is greater than that OF being
stunned by falling chimney or a blow
from a hammer.
Jessie Devine. twenty years OF age,
repaired with a pin rent in her skirt
two weeks ago. she was laborious and
she loved order. There had never been
an instant in her life. when she had not
been anxious TO darn stockings. mend
linen. sew on Buttons and patches. or to
attend to all Incorporating OF linen and
clothes in her home. al No. "a Seventh
street. IN Long Island City. where the
men are hard lsborers. Tuis tine she
had toaave Ave minutes.
Instead Of stitching she repaired with a
pin the rent IN her skirt. The pin scratch
ed ter knee FOR she was not ar expert
IN the use OF pins. You see" said her
mother VINO kind and practical. never
loses an occasion to point 70 a moral.
that even II stitch IN time. did not
save nine, Il - better 10 be orderly"
Jessie smiled pleasantly ard mendsd her
skirt. she thought 50 littls OF a pin
scratch on her knee
A week afterwards she fell 81. she
suffered from headache and uneasinss.
Hr appetite was gone. she sslyersd IN
the heat
1T IS malaria" the family physician
said. and he ordered quiniae warm
blanket. the remedies that ore used FOR
colds IN temperate climates. The hsad-
ache ard the unsasiness pers.stef- Miss
Devlne felt painful contraction OF mus
cIes q her face All hands.
Soon the muscles OF her face. cheeks.
and neck became rigld. S8e could no;
move them a. ali. TIE rEidffy extsafsf
% her back The remedy for malaria
had not ;he . iEatest effect upon her
And al ire psrsoust whom re patients
parents oolsllted sad nat surely Jessie
Devlas had malay more severe than
malaria, s5nce al Is symptoms we're agra
waited a hundred FOL
4 consultation was called last Thurs
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