When he sought medical treatment he suffered a serious allergic reaction to an anti-tetanus injection given to him by a doctor.
As a result, she had to be given an anti-tetanus injection, said Judge Beaumont, who was sitting with Lord Justice Clarke and Mr Justice Astill.
Much more commonly, anti-tetanus serum has been widely used to confer passive immunity after potentially contaminated minor injuries.
In fact, there have been cases where consumers have had to take anti-tetanus injections following such bleeding injury to their fingers.
Contamination of any kind of wound can cause tetanus, and it is interesting to note that today in Germany those who get bitten by a dog are regularly given just an anti-tetanus shot.