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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.


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