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placard(2) (iou)



placard verb trans. ['plak¨»:d, pla'k¨»:d] L17.
[from the noun.]
Make known or advertise (a thing) by means of placards; post or display (a notice etc.) as a placard. L17.
O. Sitwell Notices about the dangers of fire were suddenly placarded all over the ship.
Set up or affix placards on or in (a wall, town, etc.), cover with placards. E19.
Daily Telegraph Theatres..placarded with pictures of actresses in their underclothes.
placarder noun E19.

Fever, splenic (health)


Known also as anthrax, splenic fever is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but rather an infection of animals. Cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and some wild animals are highly susceptible. Humans (and swine) are generally resistant to anthrax. Anthrax can take different forms. With the lung form of the disease. People inhale the anthrax spores and, if untreated, are likely to die. An intestinal form is caused by eating meat contaminated with anthrax. But most human anthrax comes from skin contact with animal products. Cutaneous (skin) anthrax was once well known among people who handled infected animals, like farmers, woolsorters, tanners, brushmakers and carpetmakers in the days when the brushes and carpets were animal products. The hallmark of skin anthrax is a carbuncle, a cluster of boils, that ulcerates in an ugly way. Typically this lesion has a hard black center surrounded by bright red inflammation.