In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PASTEURISM
Etymology
Proper noun
Pasteurism
(dated) The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
(dated) pasteurisation
Anagrams
• impastures, marsupites
Source: Wiktionary
Pas*teur"ism, n. Etym: [Fr. Pasteur, a French scientist.]
1. A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
2. Pasteurization.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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