Tetanus is a severe and fatal disease, caused by the exotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. Its symptoms include rigidity and convulsive spasms of the skeletal muscles. The muscle stiffness usually starts in the jaw (lockjaw) and neck and then becomes generalised. In 1884, tetanus was produced in animals by injecting them […]

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