Buncombe County Health and Human Services has warned that Western North Carolina residents helping to clean up the destruction left by Tropical Storm Helene may be at risk of tetanus. Stacey Wood, a ...

Without much hope, the doctors started all the standard treatments: a hefty shot of tetanus antitoxin (to counteract the poison released by the bacteria in the festering wound), penicillin to reduce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In terms of the trend, Lockjaw essentially means being speechless, stunned, or amazed in a manner where your jaw drops. However, ...

One of the most violent and fatal of infectious diseases is tetanus or lockjaw, caused by the tetanus bacillus which dwells in earth, manure, intestines of many animals, rusty nails and tools. The ...

Every doctor wants to see a smile on a patient’s face, but there is one that no doctor ever wants to see: risus sardonicus, sometimes known as the sardonic grin or the devil’s smile, the cruel mark of ...

Mrs. W.W. Johnson, 25, died at her Prescott Avenue home; the cause was believed to be tetanus, also known as lockjaw. Johnson reportedly complained of a sore shoulder which she believed to be the ...