The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-06-29
TETANUS ANTITOXIN.
For Use of Poor Persons in PennSyIva.
mia Who May Be Accidentally In
jured by Explosives.

3 lu issuing tne annual warning
a warning which it Is believed
has been listened to and needed,
, for the number of independence
Day sacrifices has been growing
less each year, DR.. Dixon an
nounces also the preventive meas
ures which his Department has
arranged to combat tetanus or
lock jaw as a result of injuries
from explosive.
Just before July 4th of last
year, the Department of Health
established slxty.seven stations
for the distribution of Tetanus
Anttoxin Tor use in cases of poor
persons IN the State injured by
explosives.
The total number of cases
treated during the year 1910 was
ninety, seventy five treated for
lmmunlzation against tetanus
and fifteen for cure.
Out of the total number of cases
that were lmmunlzed, mum bering
seventy five, not one single case
developed tetanus.
OF the fifteen cases treated
where tetanus actually existed
before treatment was begun, two
recovered and thirteen died. OF
these fifteen cases treated for
cure, five were gun shot wounds;
four were what is known as
punctures, and six were val ious
other Injuries. Out of the total
number of cases so treated eleven
were males and four females, with
ages ranging from seven to thlr.
ty'six years. The saving of the
two lives after the deadly tetanus
had set IN, was in itself a victory
that amply repaid the State for
it's effort.
The total number of 1,500 unit
packages, or lmmunlzing doses, of
tetanus antitoxln used during the
year and issued by distributors.
was two hundred thirty eight or
$4,000 units tetanus antitoxin
issued for the treatment of any
one case was $4,000 units.
In all of the thirteen cases of
tetanus where death ensued,
the clinical reports from physi-
clans show that tetanus existed
many hours before treatment was
begun, ranging from one hundred
thirty-two up to sixteen hundred
and eighty hours.
The sixty.seven tetanus anti.
toxin distributing stations will
be replenlshed with a stock of
tetanus antitoxln for use among
the poor who may be unfortunate
enough to be injured on or about
the 4th of July, and DR.. Dixon
again urges the necessity of
prompt use of the antltoxin IN
cases of wounds ecived from eX-
plosive IN order to ward off lock.
aw. No such wounds should be :
trivial. Send for a
physician at once. If medical aid
cannot be secured promptly,
wash out the wound thoroughly
md apply a hot antiseptic, such
solution as one antlseptic tablet, y
corrosive sublimate, U
o five pints of hot water. The d
INJURED part should be completely Z
IN this solution for a
considerable length of time. If 1
hese tablets are not available, \
wash out the wounds thoroughly .
With pure hydrogen peroxide. L
t no antiseptics are available or. +
.lnary hot water of such temper. ~
ture that 1t will favor bleeding Ii
rom the wound may be of some "
ervice. Let there be no delay q
owever, in sending for a physi.
ian for death lucks In explosive
rounds.
The nearby distributing sta ii
ons for Tetanus Antitoxln are n
'eslie W. Seylar McConnells- d
urg; f. W. Jordan Bedford, and 81
|. &. Steel, Huntingdon. CT
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