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Word: spirillum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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That is a spirillum that lives in the blood of rats and mice.† It causes the rodents no inconvenience. However when infected mice bite grown-ups or gnaw off the succulent fingers, toes, ears and lips of infants the attacked humans contract a shaking fever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rat Bite Fever & Paresis | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

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