My grandmother is 101 yrs old. She told me that when she was a little girl in NJ, another girl up the street contracted "lockjaw." I asked how the girl was able to eat, drink and talk (thinking they could wedge a straw between her teeth or something). She said, they had to pour food in because when you get "lockjaw," the jaw freezes in an opened position. I was horrified at the image in my mind and told her so. She said yes, it was horrifying, the girl always looked like she was in mid-scream! Could this be true? Or, is my grandmother mis-remembering something else, and perhaps, embellishing it a little?
2006-07-05
01:44:07
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Faerhart
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