I believe that both conditions (the electric stimulation and the disease) exhibit the same final result: 'fusion' (rigidity) of the muscle/s see also http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/tettoxpi.htm (click on tetanus for the explanation of the disease).
Regards, Naftali Shani, Catena Networks (www.catena.com) 307 Legget Drive, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 3C8 613.599.6430/866.2CATENA (X.8277); C 295.7042; F 599.0445 E-mail: nsh...@catena.com -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 3:39 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Tetanization I read in !emc-pstc that Price, Ed <ed.pr...@cubic.com> wrote (in <b78135310217d511907c0090273f5190d0b...@curly.ds.cubic.com>) about 'Tetanization', on Wed, 14 Nov 2001: >I was discussing tetanus with my wife. She checked >some of her old textbooks and found the attached >explanation of tetanus and a very good graphic. > >In the field of electric shock, tetanus is the >technical term describing what we commonly refer to >as "can't let go." > >Tetanus occurs in the range of 7 to 50 mA. It seems to me that the actual word 'tetanus' is not used for this in Britain, maybe because of the risk of confusion with the infection. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
