Daphne had described to me the effects of tetanus: One scratch from an old auto wheel and I’d be foaming at the mouth, barking like a dog, and falling to the ground in convulsions at the sight of water.
... That's...rabies...tetanus is lockjaw and spasms...
Like, maybe this is meant to be deliberately wrong because child, but on the flip side obnoxiously precocious child, so it definitely doesn't read that way.
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