Tetanus Throughout History

• Throughout history, Tetanus has been considered to be a potentially harmful disease. Like most bacterial cases, it can be traced back to prehistoric times, usually infecting creatures of the time, like dinosaurs and mammalian ancestors. In ancient times, people were aware of this disease being in close reach, and they often considered the victims tetanus as  "demonically possessed," given their frantic movement. However, many doctors and pharmacists have stepped up to the challenge of combating the disease.
• In Ancient Greece, pharmacists had devised primitive means of treating diseases that many had contracted, tetanus included.
• In the late 17th century, Edward Jenner created the first vaccines, a forerunner for better treatment of ailments like Tetanus
• In 1884, Arthur Nicolaier was able to isolate the specific toxin produced by C. tetani found in the soil that would cause the disease, thus producing the necessary vaccine to combat the bacteria.