1) Bacillus. “You’re kidding, Doctor, that such a little bacillus breaks down a person.”
2) Fear. “I can’t reach out to you, I’ve got the flu.”
3) Remedy. “Are you drunk again?” “Don’t believe it, woman, I was treating the flu this time.”
(Sädemed, Tartu, 1933)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 