Did You Know?

Three famous victims of tetanus

were…

Robert E. Lee’s horsehorsehorsehorseTraveller – stepped on a nail

Henry David Thoreau’s

brotherbrotherbrotherbrother John – nicked while

shaving

Brooklyn Bridge designerdesignerdesignerdesigner John A.

Roebling – hit by ferry

Tetanus is not contagious from person to person. It is the only

vaccine-preventable disease that is infectious but not contagious.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/tetanus.pdf