Wonder it is that though lead be pale or brown, yet by burning or by refudation of vinegar oft it gendereth seemly colour and fair, as tewly, red, and such other; therewith women paint themselves for to seem fair of colour.
— from Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

—While in many cases of pelvic fracture lameness or abnormal decumbency are the salient manifestations, yet the pathognomic symptoms are crepitation or palpable evidence which may be obtained by rectal or vaginal examination.
— from Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix