Word: udders
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...Significance. As Aeschylus wrote the tragedy of Agamemnon's homecoming, so Mr. Erskine has essayed the comedy of Menelaus' return. It is a comedy of manners-all conversation (and plenty of it), witty, charming, subtle. Much of it is new as milk still warm from the udder, and much of it is old as human nature. It is cast in the shape of a modern novel, and yet, as regards the number of characters for example, it almost conforms to the rules of the old Greek drama. It is a fastidious tidbit for lovers of refinement, polished facets...
Hoof-and-mouth disease is a fever occurring chiefly among cattle, sheep and goats, characterized by the appearance of an eruption of vesicles on the mucous membranes of the mouth, the udder, or the delicate skin between the hoofs. When the vesicles break, a contagious liquid runs out, transmitting the disease from animal to animal. Man may contract it from intermediary objects, from direct contact with the infected animals, or from their milk. The disease often occurs among milkers and handlers of cattle. It is mild and not fatal...
...instructive example of the utility of the X rays in surgery was afforded at the physical laboratory of Cornell University last Friday. Young, who had been playing quarterback, had his left shoulder hurt in football practice on Thursday, and the injured part was examined udder the X rays. No break of the bone was discovered. The attending physician was of the opinion that there had been a slight fracture of the upper part of the shoulder blade...