The fever, though it was October, had scarcely abated; indeed, on the contrary, it seemed to have revived and increased in virulency in consequence of the premature return of many people who had fled on its first appearance, and who in coming back too soon to the infected atmosphere, were less able to withstand contagion than those who had remained.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hidden Hand] Reference

The veterinarian is in no position to estimate the virulency of organisms so introduced; neither can he determine the exact degree of resistance possessed by the subject in any given case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

Experience teaches that the natural course and termination in these cases are modified by the location and depth of the injury, virulency of the contagium and resistance of the subject to such infection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

A sub-coronary abscess which, because of lack of proper care or because of virulency of the contagium or low vitality of the subject, is quite apt to result in cartilaginous affection and its perforation by necrosis follows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference

But that thou mightest, reader, both know, and with equal indignation abhor, the snarlings and virulency of these men, take it in their own words, although I cannot without infinite reluctancy allege what they with all audaciousness have uttered.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference

The blood of the civilized race has become so thoroughly syphilized, that it is no longer so susceptible to the disease as it once was: and the disease as we know it to-day does not manifest the same virulency as it did years ago, or as it does in a race in whom it is grafted for the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference

Thirdly, from the virulency of the liquor it ejects, and the sad effects and symptoms that follow it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon] Reference

In towns it should be the object of public attention, as many diseases owe their origin, as well as virulency, to the neglect of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.] Reference

If the blood has received any hereditary taint, the lymphatic glands not only reproduce it but often increase the virulency of the original disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference

Hence comes the epidemical infection; for how can they escape the contagion of the writings, whom the virulency of the calumnies hath not staved off from reading?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems] Reference

These cultures, left alone without any possible external contamination, undergo, in the course of time, modifications of their virulency to a greater or less extent.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences] Reference

We seem to be approaching to that state which first made such restrictions necessary, and in the further course of time, the disease will probably fall off again, both in virulency and frequency.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases] Reference

Madame Mayer hated Corona d'Astrardente, Ugo del Ferice detested Giovanni with equal virulency, not only because he had been so terribly worsted by him in the duel his own vile conduct had made inevitable, but because.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saracinesca] Reference

Then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out -- on their peril to keep me one minute longer -- with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wuthering Heights] Reference

The fever, though it was October, had scarcely abated; indeed, on the contrary, it seemed to have revived and increased in virulency in consequence of the premature return of many people who had fled on its first appearance, and who in coming back too soon to the infected atmosphere, were less able to withstand contagion than those who remained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand'] Reference

Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws and yawning and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out — on their peril to keep me one minute longer — with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wuthering Heights] Reference

Slavery, as practiced in the U.S. at the hight of its virulency, was based on the presumption that people from Africa or of African descent weren’t human.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chimaeras and Environmentalism] Reference

Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out -- on their peril to keep me one minute longer -- with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wuthering Heights] Reference

Hence comes the epidemical infection: for how can they escape the contagion of the writings whom the virulency of the calumnies hath not staved off from reading? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society] Reference

22. virulency.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference