Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1904 — DON’T BIND THE WOUND. [ARTICLE]

DON’T BIND THE WOUND.

Timely Suggestion Anent Fourth of July Injuries. Tweuty-four cases of lockjaw from toy pistol injuries in Chicago on the Fourth of July, 1900, and similar experiences elsewhere resulted in the use of pistols and firecrackers being prohibited In many cities. Do not bind or close up any Fourth of July wound or any wound prodnoed as each wounds are. Lockjaw or tetanus is caused by a bacillus or germ which exists plentifully In street dirt and especially in and around stables. It is lnactivs so long as exposed to the

air, but when carried beneath the skin and buried in the flesh, as in the wounds caused by bits of percussion caps or by rusty nails, and when the air is thus excluded, the germ is roused to activity and produces the most virulent poison known. This is the cause of lockjaw, and death from it is most agonizing. Have any Fourth of July wound, no matter how apparently Insignificant, dress«l, by a doctor who will know liow to cleanse it thoroughly and apply the proper treatment to prevent the growth and activity of this bacillus and the resulting disease.