Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1878 — Died from Shaving Off His Beard. [ARTICLE]

Died from Shaving Off His Beard.

A Seneca Falls (N. Y.) paper tells the following singular story in connection with the announcement that John E. Langdon, long a resident of that city, died of lockjaw: “On Saturday Mr. Langdon shaved off his beard, and the next day felt a stiffness about his jaws. On Monday, the symptoms being worse, Dr. Lester was called, and concluded that it was a case of trismus. On the following day spasms developed in the muscles of the jaw, neck and back, and the doctor then pronounced it to be locklaw. The spasms continued with occasional relaxations, until the hour of his death. No effort of medical skill was spared, but it was impossible to afford him relief. The muscles of the neck and limbs stood out prominent, and were tense and rigid.