The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Locked Jaw
Popular name for trismus, or tonic spasm of the muscles of mastication, causing the jaws to remain rigidly closed (a variety of tetanus, which has own entry).
Category: Conditions
Sub category: General
[DOC ID:1903] straitening of
the Jaws on page (2)
[ID:1903] From: Mr William Dougall (Dougal) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Miss Nelly Leslie (at Kininvie) (Patient) / 28 August 1780 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:4154] Locked Jaw on page (1)
[ID:4154] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr John Alves / Regarding: [A matter not directly regarding a patient] / 30 September 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1978]
ye.
the
locked Jaw
on page (3)
[ID:1978] Case Note / Regarding: Miss Hodgson (Hodgeson) (Patient) / 11? February 1781 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:4195] Tetanus & Trismus on page (1)
[ID:4195] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch) / Regarding: Miss Jeanie McMurdo (Macmurdo) (Patient) / 6 December 1777 / (Outgoing)
