Word: mussel
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...purpose of the professor was to increase enrolment in the course, the most visible result was a much heightened interest in the realm of science by the students. It was only after he announced, having allowed the proper dramatic pause to intervene, that Venus is a form of mussel which will be used for dissection purposes instead of the French snail, no longer procurable on account of the war, that the class settled down to the normal lecture room lethargy...