Word: cataracticus
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...Sharp, Senior, respectfully petitions to be excused for his absence from recitations from Monday to Saturday inclusive, as he was suffering from an aggravated attack of cerebro-spinal meningitis, combined with severe swollen tonsilitis and a 'cataracticus cum auge.'" Granted. Of course it was. I cannot see how any one could resist the appeal of such an accumulation of diseases...
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