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Re: Kind of a Friday question
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Kellams, Dina M wrote:
> Has anybody heard of a disease called "vaviloid" or "variloid"? I came
> across a piece of correspondence from the 1890s- 1902ish that accuses a
> woman of spreading vaviloid about.
How about "varioloid" as in smallpox, or resembling pustules thereof.
Carole "also sound on buboes and wens" E. Nowicke, Ph.D., M.L.S., C.P.P.
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