Show CARPENTER MILLER SUFFERING AGONIES OF LOCKJAW AT HOLY CROSS GROSS HOSPITAL With his Jaws so firmly set that it i Is Impossible to force them apart sufficiently suf centy to inject liquid food tood into his mouth to nourish Ills his body his whole system racked from spasmodic convulsions and a fever rever so high that it is apparently burning him up alive alve Richard Miller MiJ r occupies a cot in one ale of the rooms of ot Holy Cross hospital hospi l mak making making making ing a most uneven fight for his life jaw against the terrible ravages of lock lockjaw lolk At times his sufferings are terrible almost more than thana a human being can endure and still exist for any of time When he has one of the convulsions convulsions convulsIons peculiar In many respects respect to tetanus alone his body grows rigid his muscles harden and stand out like ke whip cords and then slowly they con eon contract tract or draw up to such a degree degree that the feet of the unfortunate man are drawn backwards until they almost touch the back of his head When the I convulsion is over and nature reasserts rt I herself hersel the muscles relax rela and the man assumes his normal physical posture thoroughly exhausted and suffering un untold untold Untold told agonies As A the ravages of that terrible dis disease disease ease ee progress the convulsions increase in frequency and severity until the cause death a most merciful release from froma fon a suffering which few fe human be beings beings ings ing are called upon to endure About a week ago Mr Miller who Is js Isa a carpenter carenter and was working on a building near nea the corner comer corIer of f Second and Q streets street stepped on a nail nai which pen penetrated p penetrated m the sole of his hs shoe and punctured punctured punctured the tender skin nitin of his under tinder foot He paid no particular attention to the wound until inflammation set in Dr T G Odell Odel was summoned and real realizing realIzing realizing izing that he had a genuine case of f lockjaw sent the theman man to t the hospital yesterday afternoon His chances for far recovery recover are slight About DO O per cent of lockjaw victims die Their recovery ry generally depends upon the case receiving receivIng ing prompt attention and the physical condition of the tle patient patent |