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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1940;22:43-54.
© 1940 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

TETANUS AND LESIONS OF THE SPINE IN CHILDHOOD

HARRY F. DIETRICH M.D.1, ROLLA G. KARSHNER M.D.1, and STEELE F. STEWART M.D.1

1 Children's Hospital, Los Angeles; Medical School of the University of Southern California

1. Small doses of serum are theoretically adequate.

2. No intrathecal injection of serum should be given in juvenile tetanus.

3. If serum is injected intravenously, it should be accompanied by adrenalin.

4. Sedatives are life-saving in juvenile tetanus, and may prove of value in preventing vertebral deformities.

5. In about 70 per cent. of juvenile patients who recover, compression of one or more vertebrae near the apex of the dorsal curve occurs.

6. Treatment of the spinal lesion is futile.


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