morbific
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Origin of morbific
1645–55; < New Latin morbificus, equivalent to morb ( us ) sickness + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
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In Kingston, Jamaica, for instance, British colonial officers tried to banish the disease by firing cannons through the streets “to destroy the morbific power that lurked in the dark alleys”.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2020
These authors present in this report an elaborate article on morbific and infectious milk, giving a very complete bibliography of 180 numbers.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)
If a bad discharge sets up from the wound,—but this will seldom happen, unless the system abounds in morbific materials,—then, in addition to the drink, wash the wound with Pyroligneous acid, 2 ounces.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Efforts should be made to open the outlets of the body, through which the morbific materials may pass: the fever will then subside.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Morel, in his “Traité des Dégénérescences Phisiques,” ably discusses the degenerative and morbific influences and results of toxæmia, as well as he clearly defines their sources.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
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