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A STUDY OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX CASES

RALPH SPAETH, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1941;68(6):1133-1160.

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In July 1933 a new routine for the treatment of patients with tetanus was introduced into the Cook County Hospital. In a previous publication¹ the rationale of this method of management has been discussed. This paper will be devoted to a description of the treatment employed and to a statistical analysis of the results noted in the care of 96 patients (referred to as the new series) managed according to the new routine during the seven year period ending in July 1940. Included as a basis for comparison is a discussion of the observations made from a detailed review of the hospital records of 180 patients (designated as the old series) treated according to the older routine during an eleven year period which preceded the introduction of the present method of management. Likewise, the general trend of the mortality from tetanus at Cook County Hospital has been reviewed for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Illinois.

Footnotes
The attending staff, the house physicians and the nursing staff of the Cook County Hospital gave constant cooperation and assistance. The Winthrop Chemical Company, Inc., supplied the avertin with amylene hydrate and Eli Lilly & Company the sodium amytal employed in this study.

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