The Secret of Adulteration
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Drollery |
Subjects: | Adulteration, Language |
Notes that a medical student has pointed out that we should not be surprised to discover that tradesmen adulterate goods, since the Lancet's Analytical Sanitary Commission has shown that the word trade is derived from 'tradere—to betray or deceive'. | |
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