Anthrax

(noun.) a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia.

(noun.) a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people.

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• Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Pasteur thought that in places where sheep dead of anthrax had been buried, the microbes were brought to t he surface in the castings of earthworms. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Pasteur's preventive inoculation for anthrax was tested under dramatic circumstances at Melun in June, 1881. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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