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Diphthera
The skin of the goat Amalthe'a on which Jove wrote the destiny
of man. Diphtheria is an infectious disease of the throat so called
from its tendency to form a false membrane.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Diphthera from Infoplease:
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