M. J., man, aged 19, Italian, laborer, who spoke little English, and whose family history and previous medical history were unascertainable, had received a rather slight lacerated Wound of the left ring finger ten days prior to admission to the sanatorium, which occurred, Feb. 20, 1915. The finger had not been cared for properly. The patient was apparently delirious on admission, and it was because of these mental symptoms, the cause of which had not been ascertained, that he was sent to the sanatorium. He had a general convulsion shortly after admission. In my absence, the diagnosis was correctly made by Dr. R. M. Hope, who thoroughly opened and disinfected the wound. The patient later was resistive, and attempted to bite and scratch. The temperature was 102 by rectum. Three thousand units of tetanus antitoxin were given subcutaneously by Dr. P. T. Hope later in the evening, together with morphin