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"And," Joe went on, "there's somethin' sticking out of his pocket Dave thinks it'll be 'ancuffs." Dad shuddered. On the way to the house Joe wished to speak about the policeman, but Dad seemed to have lock-jaw. When he found the officer of the law only wanted to know the number of stock he owned, he talked freely he was delighted.
If careful observations be made, it may be found that the muscles in the immediate neighbourhood of the wound are the first to become contracted; but in the majority of instances the patient's first complaint is of pain and stiffness in the muscles of mastication, notably the masseter, so that he has difficulty in opening the mouth hence the popular name "lock-jaw."
At last his owner declared, I'll fix him, I'll put a stop to his running away. He accordingly took him to a blacksmith, and had an iron head-frame made for him, which may be called lock-jaw, from the use that was made of it.
Another disease, of which they complained much, and which, of course, I was utterly incapable of accounting for, was a species of lock-jaw, to which their babies very frequently fall victims, in the first or second week after their birth, refusing the breast, and the mouth gradually losing the power of opening itself.
A fine young fellow, whose arm had been shattered, was just falling into the spasms of lock-jaw. The beads of sweat stood large and round on his flushed and contracted features. It was suggested that it might shorten life. "What then?" I said. "Are a dozen additional spasms worth living for?" The time approached for the train to arrive from Hagerstown, and we went to the station.
"Pray, mamma, do not forget your Bible injunction: 'Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to music, the matters that belong to its own divine art. Until Regina came among us that melodious siren in the front parlour had a chronic lock-jaw from want of use.
I assure you the effects were miraculous the universal spasm of lock-jaw was no more. Men no longer regarded each other with a despairing glance in St James's Street, and passed on. All was sudden sociability. Even in the city people grew communicative, and puns were committed that would have struck their forefathers with amazement.
In the meantime, the wet and cold had brought my face into such a state that I could neither eat nor sleep; and though I stood it out all night, yet, when it became light, I was in such a state, that all hands told me I must go below, and lie-by for a day or two, or I should be laid up for a long time, and perhaps have the lock-jaw.
But there was no chloroform used for him, though the operation was a horrible one. There was another young English boy named Jellis, who came in after the fight of May 8th, who seemed to be in great pain the first few days. Then suddenly he became quiet, and we hoped his pain had lessened; but we soon found out he had lock-jaw, and in a few days he died.
I heard her say, 'He's trying to kill him; he's going to give him lock-jaw, and everybody'll believe it's an accident." "Lock-jaw!" Complete bewilderment was in Roger's face as he repeated the word in a whisper. "Yes, sir, I was as astonished as you. It seemed as though she must be raving, but then when she said..."
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