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Dracula Dictionary, July 20th
disgorge: release large amounts of contents, force something up from the stomach through the mouth
cumulative: added together one after another
Burdon-Sanderson: Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, a british physiologist, was appointed as professor of physiology at Oxford university in 1882
Ferrier: Sir David Ferrier, a scottish neurologist, famous for experimenting on monkey brains, the first scientist to be prosecuted for animal cruelty in 1881
congenitally: in a way that has existed since birth
The Great Recorder: presumably a euphemism for either god or the grim reaper
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