单词 | cholera fungus |
释义 | > as lemmascholera fungus cholera fungus n. now historical a fungus believed to cause cholera. ΚΠ 1848 C. Cowdell Disquis. Pestilential Cholera 202 The conclusion, we have arrived at as to the nature of the cause of Pestilential Cholera, is, that it is a minute fungus, probably resembling the Torula cerevisiæ.] 1848 London Med. Gaz. 6 1084/1 We have no doubt that the author [sc. Dr. Cowdell] will have abundant opportunity, as well as zeal, to investigate the mode of annihilating the cholera-fungus, in which pursuit we heartily wish him success. 1868 Lancet 25 July 121/1 We understand that the Director-General of the Army Medical Department and the Senate of the Army Medical School have taken an important step with a view to the final settlement of the Cholera Fungus question. 2008 Fungal Biol. Rev. 22 98/1 Cowdell's theory led others to seek out the ‘cholera fungus’ and look for it in the air of cholera wards and in the ricewater ejections of cholera sufferers. < as lemmas |
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