Kaplan, Robert Steven, Christopher Marquis, and Brent Kazan. "The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis." Harvard Business School Case 408-003, June 2008. (Revised July 2008.) ...
In humans, the first confirmed death caused by tick poisoning was reported by Cleland in 1912, when a large, engorged tick caused flaccid paralysis progressing to asphyxiation in a child.
After the tick was removed, the patient improved, indicating a diagnosis of tick paralysis (TP). The tick should be grasped with blunt, angled forceps as close as possible to the skin and to the ...