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I have never seen a case of lock-jaw before,
but I knew of course that he had to be
isolated, and as we had nowhere else to put
him we had to carry him into the charnel
house. He indeed had tetanus, and tetanus
in its most acute and violent form. In the
evening he began having the most terrific
attacks of tonic spasms, and the attacks have
been increasing in intensity ever since. I
need not tell you I have no serum, and even
if I had I am sure it would be too late in his
case. If I only had some chloroform, or ether,
or morphia to help him a little in his worst
attacks! All I could do was to darken the
room and put straw on the floor to deaden
the sound of our steps, as I have read that
even a light or a sudden sound can, by reflex
action, bring on an attack.
Early yesterday morning the South
German trooper next to him began to show the
same signs that had aroused my suspicions
with the major, and we had to carry him also
to the charnel house. The trooper, however,
has so far only had some localized cramps in
the jaw, and I have the impression that his
case is much less severe. Nobody here has,
of course, ever seen a case of this fearful
illness, and it is difficult to make
anybody stay with them. Sœur Marthe is there
now and I have promised to relieve her at
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