The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
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poisoned. Suppose you tread upon a rusty
nan or cut your foot and dirt containing
lockjaw microbes get into the wound. The
wound, which may be slight. NAV heal
up and even be forgotten for .ha -.
crobes must go through period of incu-
baton In itself. apparently puts the bodv
TO no Inconvenience. This period of in
cSbation may be short or long; IL may be
one uay or one month, depending on the
Vlrulenoe or the microbes. II the period
Is long, say. two weeks or a month. there
Is a chance for recovery, but woe tn the
man whose symptoms shows themselves
within a week after the accidental cut
was made which allowed the germs to
enter his body. Nothing can save him.
His system is already poisoned and the
twitching OF his muscles is really the be-
ginning of his death struggle. His face
and neck muscles will presently stiffen
ana his features will take on the terrible
'sardonic grin He should be watched
for the spasm that will take him off NAV
come so suddenly that there win NOT
be time to reach his bedside from
across the room. before he will
be dead. had such a case recent
ly in Bellevue. / was called to see a
coiored man who seemed to be suffering
from some malady. There was a cut
In process OF healing on his left heel.
l examined the wound and found it Mt
orally alive with tetanus microbes. They
had entered with the dirt that had got
into the wound. l knew then that the
man was doomed and that In spite OF
bis healthy appearance he might die at
any moment. Re was given choral and
other drugs and was made TO sleep
told the nurse to watch him constantly.
for IL he awakened during the night. the
mere act of swallowing might bring on
the spasm. Wen. during the night. a
noise awakened him. He looked around:
the nurse was at the other side of the
room and started toward him. Suddenly
he moved. The spasm took him and he
was dead before the nurse could reach
him.
I'm fact the chances of recovery are
directly as the length OF the incubation
period. Speaking approximately It may
De said that four-day incubation period
Is deadly; for eight days the mortality
Will be 90 per cent; 10 days, 50 per cent:
IA days, 40 per cent, and so on. Al, ounce
OF prevention In this case is worth a
thousandth-w weight OF cure. II you re-
ceive an Infected wound have anti-toxine
injected at once. Don't walt an instant.
Here in the New York Health Depart
ment we have two horses which are i'm
mune from tetanus. Probably they are the
only animals In New York which could
not contract tentanus in the ordinary
manner. They furnish the anti-toxlne Sc
rum. They are made immune by inject
ing into them small. harmless amounts
OF lockjaw poison. then gradually IN
creasing the amount as the days 20 by
until finally they can take a quart OF the
poison with impunity. From their blood
redrawn after they have become immune.
we get the anti-toxine serum, which n
sent out In bottles and has a protective
strength OF one TO several millions. That
is. one cubic centimeter OF the serum
will protect 30 many million grammes OF
animal against fatal dose OF tetanus
poison. OF course the doses are graduated
for human beings so that doctors have
no trouble In administering Il. The prac-
tice OF using serum Is gradually gaming
greater vogue In this country. and in
France many doctors In tetanus localities
administer serum 10 their patients IN ev-
cry case where wounds are even suspect
ed OF being infected. This should be done
IN this country for after al the mortal
ity of tetanus IL frightful Out OF f.2e1
war cases. $50 per cent prove fatal. or
20 cases IN time OF peace 70 per cent
prove fatal, ana Il r. conservative e.
innate that NJ least 60 per cent. Of aii
cases result fatally Many % the unfor-
tUnstes die An from a 70 % hours after the
FIRST symptoms are noticed. 20 that the
need Of vigorous measures. even the ann
putation - ne wounded member n Il BE-
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