TRICHINOSIS
[/ˌtrɪkəˈnoʊsɪs/]
Definition
The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.
Additional notes
Moses Mendlessohn having fallen ill sent for a Christian physician, who at once diagnosed the philosopher's disorder as trichinosis, but tactfully gave it another name. "You need an immediate change of diet," he said; "you must eat six ounces of pork every other day." Pork? shrieked the patient—"pork? Nothing shall induce me to touch it!" Do you mean that? the doctor gravely asked. I swear it! Good!—then I will undertake to cure you.
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