We became interested in this problem, some 6 years ago, and
started an experimental study on the claimed protective effect
of vitamin C upon the lethal and convulsive action of strychnine
and tetanus toxin. Due to the lamentable, untimely death
of our main collaborator Dr. Ariel de Oliveira Guedes, the
investigation came to a stop, remaining unfinished, especially
with regard to the vitamin C action upon tetanus toxin