Did You Know? Three famous victims of tetanus were… Robert E. Lee’s horse horse horse horse Traveller – stepped on a nail Henry David Thoreau’s brother brother brother brother John – nicked while shaving Brooklyn Bridge designer designer designer designer 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