Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-08
FOR LocKJAw.
Remarkable Results Of Trials Of pr
Wood'sl Discovery.

Woods Discovery.
Wheneeer medical science achieves
2 triumph over disease the. woI:d stops
for awhile 70 admire and wonder at t.
lust now the discovery Of q remedy
Tor tetanus, commonly called lOckiaw.
made by Or. d. Flavel Woods. the
widely known physician of Philadei
phia, Is attracting unusual attention
among leading physicians. In q recent
article, which appeared in the Medical
Journal Dr. Woods made the follow
ing statement:
Having seen many cases OF this
dreadful nervous disorder treated in
many different ways In hospitals and
private practice. ! cite this case and
its treatment as the only one | have
eyer seen recover.
AS locisjaw has generally been re-
garded as incurable. the treatment
used by Dr. Woods has been tried In
number OF cases since with asoonish
Ing results. The original case cured
by Or. Woods. he says. was a twelve
year-old boy in Philadelphia. The lad
was IN such q serious condition that
his mother would not permit HIS going
to a hospital, preferring, as she said,
that he ref1ain and "die at home"
The following IS what DR.. Woods
tells OF che treatment he used, after
stating THAT the lads foot had been ir r
jured:
"The place OF injury was free ~
opened anal n dark tarry suhstap Ce
catered bloody was scraned out. 4 he
foot was then soaked In a weak s'alu.
ton OF carbtlic acid and warm water
for about haze an hour. AS It was i'm.
possible for him to swallow, 10 minims
of q 10 per dent. solution OF carbolic
acid was used hypodermically; 10 min
utes after the first 20 minims were in
jected; 10 minutes after the second,
80 minims were used. Thirty minims
were continued throughout the day
every half hour. with half grain of
cannabis indica; az night the calnabis
indlca was discontinued, the pupils Of
HIS eyes at this time being very con
tracted. The catholic acid solution
was administered through the night.
-On the afternoon Of the third day
he slept for two hours, seemed re
freshed and said he felt better. From
this time he continued TO improve, but
the Rightly did not leave him for
three weeks after the attack.
From this case / learn that carboliC
acid in tetanus is effective only IN
large and heroic doses Under these
circumstances it is surprising how
much the system Will bear. I believ,
that carbolic acid acts as an antitoxin
and IS much more reliable than any
serum. which / have seen tried. j
given boldly as early as possible. g,
that the system may be quickly an,
completely saturated, its anhseptic In
nuence viii be manifest on the blood
and / believe that there Is great hop
OF this agent becoming a great bool
70 humanity in the cure Of this dis
iressing and alarming malady. Short
ly after cOnvalescence Of this boy
learned through Capt. Wolcott, Civi
Engineer Of the United States Nav.
az League Island, OF case OF tetanu
in one OF their horses cured by the US
Of carbolic acid on my suggestion O
that treatment"
It has been learned that the carooli
acid treatment has been used ofte
, IN Philadelphia and some wester
= cities with very great success. Arm
q surgeons have taken it up as the hrs
r inown remedy TO cure lockiaw ANON
z horses.