A practitioner took a scab from someone with a mild case, made an incision in the skin of a healthy person, and infected that person with the scab. Sheep-scab is a loathsome skin disease due to an acarian parasite.
BOSTON -- Call it cryonics for crustaceans. A Connecticut company says its frozen lobsters sometimes come back to life when thawed. Trufresh began freezing lobsters with a technique it used for years on salmon after an offhand suggestion by some workers. It found that some lobsters revived after their subzero sojourns.
A lobster would use these reserves when it is in storage. Lobsters are naturally adapted to going without food for long periods of time. During the winter, when water temperatures are cold (below 39 o F or 4 C), lobsters go into a state similar to hibernation and stop feeding.