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a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object; prevented by the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) vaccine and by subsequent booster shots every 10 years
- At the end of the first attack I discovered symptoms of tetanus; you confirmed my opinion.Chapters 73-74 (42% in)
- That the symptoms of tetanus and poisoning by vegetable substances are the same.Chapters 73-74 (42% in)
- The similarity in the symptoms of tetanus and poisoning by vegetable substances is so great, that were I obliged to affirm by oath what I have now stated, I should hesitate; I therefore repeat to you, I speak not to a magistrate, but to a friend.Chapters 73-74 (43% in)
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