Wolf!
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Public Health, Sanitation, Pollution, Disease, Language, Taxonomy |
Responding to Charles J B Aldis's article in The Times, complaining about sewer stench in Lupus Street, Pimlico, notes that 'Lupus is not only Latin for wolf, but is also a nosological term for an affection of the olfactory organ'. | |
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