In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUPPURATIVES
Noun
suppuratives
plural of suppurative
Source: Wiktionary
SUPPURATIVE
Sup"pu*ra*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. suppuratif.]
Definition: Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. Suppurative fever (Med.), pyæmia.
Sup"pu*ra*tive, n. (Med.)
Definition: A suppurative medicine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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