The lock-jaw of infants (trismus nascentium) or nine day fits, crying spasms, etc ; its history, cause, prevention and cure / by J. F. Hartigan.

  • Hartigan, James French, -1894.
Date:
1884
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Credit: The lock-jaw of infants (trismus nascentium) or nine day fits, crying spasms, etc ; its history, cause, prevention and cure / by J. F. Hartigan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    position, as slie informed me), with its arms drawn up, thumbs and toes flexed, pinched expression of countenance; eyes partly closed, and a constant moaning sound accompanying a short, sharp and forced expiration. I examined the head, and found a well - marked occipital depression all around, although more marked on the right side. The attempt to replace the bones seemed to cause an increase of the spasms, and so much apparent distress, that I ceased from disturbing him. The bowels not having moved since the previous morn- ing, I ordered calomel, warm foot-baths, and, above all, impressed them with the necessity of position. Being people of common sense, they readily carried out my instructions, and on the morning of February 5th, I had the gratification of seeing my little patient nursing well, all symptoms of spasms having disappeared. The girl child seemed to enjoy good health, and had no trouble whatever. Case II.—Mrs. B,, primipara, was delivered of a fine male child January 6, 1884. Continued well up to the sixth day, when the mother no- ticed the same symptoms as those described in Case I., only the bowels were loose previous to the discovery. ]Nothing was done except as to position, and a chalk mixture. The child made