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of recovery are good. Ii' the disease comes un quickly, ur 

 treatment has been delayed, the chances of reeovery are less. 



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PREVENTION 



Prevention of tetanus is very iro- 

 portant. As a general rule it can be 

 prevented by injecting hypoclermica- 

 lly one bottle (30 granas) of veteri- 

 nary tetanus antitoxin serum as soon 

 as the wound is discoverech or prece- 

 ding a surgical operation such as eas- 

 tration. The serum is injected be- 

 neatli the skin of the neck or breast. 

 In case veterinary serum is 

 not available, two tubes of 

 human tetanus antitoxin se- 

 rum can be used. The human tetanus 

 serum usually comes in glass tubes 

 provided with a hypodermic needle 

 and pistón, insert the pistón, break 



the glass point, serew on 

 the needle and injeet the se- 

 rum. With the veterinary se- 

 rum it is necessary to pro- 

 yide a haypodermic syringe. 

 A syringe such as is used 

 for vaccinating calves is ex- 

 cellent. Fig. 2. In injecting 

 the serum the needle. Fig. C. 

 should be removed from the 

 syringe and belcl in the rigbt 

 hand; with the left hand 

 grasp the skin on the neek 

 pulling it autward, push the needle 

 through the skin quiekly, serew on the 

 syringe and inject the serum. 



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