Greek illustration of a man suffering Opisthotonus ("the backward spasm") and lockjaw, the terrifying symptoms of tetanus. For Greeks, spasms in general were diseases, not symptoms; the simplest was shivering.

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Greek illustration of a man suffering Opisthotonus ("the backward spasm") and lockjaw, the terrifying symptoms of tetanus. For Greeks, spasms in general were diseases, not symptoms; the simplest was shivering.

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