Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile in popular science writing:
"The news of Pasteur's anthrax vaccine itself spread like a virus through Europe."
Thomas Goetz
Goetz, T. (2013). The Remedy. Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the quest to cure tuberculosis. Gotham Books.
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This can also be seen as a pun.
Tags: vaccines
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