The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-13
CAUSE OF LOCKJAW DEATHS
THE WEATHER, FOR ONE THING, MAS
HELPED IHE DISEISE.
Unusual Number of Persons Injured In the
Hand by Pistols This Fourth the Main
Factor-Little Known About the MnlRdy-
Nnu nnnrniinn Tried Mt nclleNme MOspItRl

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Four more cases OF locklnw developed yes
terday in this city among r children =, I who
"onhheu 'h'nS'iN's o' 'ne iW"''" y, ' ,
ana one more death from tno disease WAS is ro
ported as saving ,n". , ,, h n"' 0nI sny,
epidemic According 10 the BOOKS anu sew
dny ~ !, w"nId 10 about n. scientifically correct
nay N"u.I ne a","' rs i,a,,,,a ~
to have said that there was an epidemic Oh
broken legs but there is certainly more tetanus
in town now thah 'hefe mas zee" Ill 'e"' D 1t
not ever before.
The reason given by the medical men for the
pr"Na'ehc' "t 'ho "'S'"9e az ,'''' '''',o - ,'H
the hands OF an unusually large nunoeI ol
children were wounded d an , %o, tho history
Fourth OF july ana th"y aau una, .ne n,S.',y
fatalities from it is always greater in damp
w.ntbnr mr. whom there nro sudden changes in
temperature. They say TINT. the toy pistol or
the festive frecracker having inflicted the
wound. the weather conditions since the Fourth
have been right for the development of lock-
were quite willing to admit that they didn't
hoJ Iit,,a chance ~ observe II Even in the
paw nag ,ittle % WIZ IT. thers r ~ fw
eases OF IoEEJHT treated IN year
a hat they have rend IN m" Books and these
u0n ,fWtain 40 nferrnh ,hn renarSr 70 dr.
Jmhn 4 irwin If II Vast Twenty-ninth street
as S9" Being aS familiar with the disease as any
trnot cas"s in III" British Army h"spitaiS in
inii, and HAVING haupen"d also to have one
oi M, Jew ra'es gt Ie th hnok hnve history
When DIT Dr. irwin was seen , h, said:
Sna ne gao 70 's nov c Mn" msttDr of
incr' mo- Musician knows a great deal about the
disease those DISEASES o. whisG we kn9w
n are isn r VT W thsm Becase Of The
Unusually large re numb" Of cases that have re.
hnnds .pd nv a. nccomnt Tor Them on sun"r
nntmTo 1 nr ny weird The Fourth
OF JHiy was eight nays ago Snvoln me tr ,Sna'o
wommd from Ne +" eleven DAYS after the
in HH 6 on ' tH last FoTrh
for Which hs 40 s2t 6TbPTS I" ne
mr.. ''' Rnt The wounds HAVING been sustained
Is my now time ,1r In" hsnnsSb to sH@ Nsa ltsq re
m nnrta Nus "'e''''' W. ''o Va N'''''
~ i is pretty generally accepted by, the pro,
lesion onai me TMuse q ba W u NJ m
enc ASTON or ' Of the yomnarS
| muSrieS II /. The execution rather than the
q For ,ho nm rso IN ma yicnitv 81 thS
HnunHed mart mar tn he frst involvod in the dis
| nnu, Ea mattar whara tbs snat ~ the injury
nn mas 40 IN tbs Sreat mn,9rity Of cases rho
MUSCLES Of the face are Affected before those
| Of . 10 10
@ any otheI par 0 he o ope
in the f6iioWing ord"r: Those Of masticati"n.
The neck, back. respiration. and, lastly. those
that ~ b ,nnrliT IN fnnnce Which nrodnces me
d diS. se Begins O in the narrow substance
,r;,Iit, bo 80 ni,m, ,pI aYtande 10 rho animal
| Mi.n'n 'hc ianiuni "'u 'N''''"' ~ ''' ''
".There are two kinds Of tet,nus. traumatic
anu Lmdt 49, 'ofsaM wban rom nn
womnd has heen susiained The Iatter il very
rare The Wound producing trammattG ATTIC, tet11Hs
Eina n n w"mnd presrnts Ii;Hcuity to The sur
sson. because i ia. harpsns thaI the raFxsd
noticed in TIA most csrefuI Hressing
some 'i physicians hold that. in these toreien
eartTiaRe the bacillus of tstanm nus DEVELOPS
hardly think ANYBODY mas eyer iae by h the
90 INV oa VI w5nr ohServation There 10 n
hscns " az most u disease howeyer and there
cases may y, pe he dseass 81 show
akin to hydrophobia, There are spasms and
OF t he. There
% s nv T.. ' fnr sean xhicE he saruras
Eh dinu It, owing T t" the rseurrence Of the
Pansh deH nftnr ,bc deyeIonmont ~ the
s h uay AZ p.tiant surviyes ne twa'ftb
M Nv. ~ s,9 nnd Anal cnra nunaiiv ~
i xsTv br ne bsine from 20 q I" e "o"e'e IS
in the tropics shah hSbS es n, ana IN ns
The climate Is damp and where It ha5ppens that
tnere are sudden f''agS 'ht 4 f.
AZURE O, htOn anu sSsnrn o t IN - rs
very rare .nd to and thn smaan
on LONG isd an ~ az IN ~ u ~
chanees We naNe tu ~ Wy bt h a, ~. ~
Town % iate lIoli UGH ". ~ ,a'o iui
hlshSn JUS tne r'gr. rIrtn"tIc t b.
ne thIstaSe pTesehtS nn S,tahSe PF re-
noinena Una, "ave ~ H. ne IT, III "a .r;
,hn "m an" and psrsons Of dart com
~ .nan miet So W.. r,r vi tha ,bnse
p.eHioh uiC'' 49, al'' }r r ~ aa
ct lght eompIeAi%h: SeEroHS; LOT rn III
seiuoIh recover Nh, h ~ a I SOL. a'a az @
TAN T0una ona. sa D% ~ i 10 he
uure iockhaT Ia III" Is , .i,t y, III. ~
w"Tnn VIII Ts, am INA SEitbnnt pnS ms
business men. suau ,nn anu wt.m a aI
warning, IN ahS WIZ" ,m d so, o ,oI, TX ~
or nm. montns, Inc pite"So mTS !,
wm rar0'er threa haTnrs nav avn re- ~
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qui,Ss wei; .L ,,,,, ,ron, ,,.hi,h .ho ,,,s,,o,.
Mpsu ~ we t Oh. m'G ~ w W. ,9T H
nn nS bx row 'nisnis These nrohabIv ex
chused py 10Y riS,tois, mrse nI.pa "a ~
ousi e IN the W1nd df Tanbus d eyeoped
s III 'e nn arst III y.
~ u dl,ieht g., 81, ~ Iat nnTt 81
cnii.'ons n. ~ ue ~ ~ 90 daaths-o II
~ ne castN nt ~ We ~ LIZ NJ o.,
lh'neTs am ino.rls ,,nu n,'i iioit i ~ VI
ol their cniuten on IVY an ''u s,seT lien,
Iorpednes 5iH ~ ~ ,y 'e"e' '"''''en