a viscerotropic strain of a virus

[T]he stems of the culinary rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum) are used in stewing, jams and in tarts and pies. Rhubarb roots were a traditional purgative and the leaves of the rhubarb plant are rich in oxalic acid. This causes irritation of the mouth and the oesophagus. Ingestion of rhubarb leaves induces vomiting and abdominal pains.

Judges often became the recipients of spontaneous unburdenings, which could happen only when the tellers already trusted their listeners' discretion.

What brings the tears to other eyes But freezes them in mine, And what bechills another heart Fans into flame my own.