Tetanus case studies

Famous tetanus victims

 * George Montagu - English ornithologist; contracted tetanus when he stepped on a nail.
 * Joe Powell - English footballer; contracted following amputation of a badly broken arm.
 * John A. Roebling - Civil Engineer and Architect famous for his bridge designs, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge; contracted following amputation of his foot due to an injury caused by a ferry when it crashed into a wharf.
 * George Crockett Strong - Union brigadier general in the American Civil War; from wounds sustained in the assault against Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina.
 * Fred Thomson - silent film actor; stepped on a nail.
 * Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly; wounded by a cannon ball in the Battle of Rain.
 * Traveller - General Robert E. Lee's favorite horse; stepped on a nail.
 * John Thoreau; brother of Henry David Thoreau