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Treatment.—Treatment varies according as the cause has been a direct irritant operating on a subject in vigorous health or a microbian poison acting on an animal deficient in blood and vigor.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Everything, from mugwumpery to the meddler's itch, from corns to crime, is now traced to the pernicious activity of some microbian.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper