Variety
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This 1930s encyclopedia entry defines 'variety' as an obsolete and imprecise term formerly used to describe various types of intraspecific variation. It notes that the term was typically used to refer to what are now classified as subspecies or races.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
VARIETY (varietas), an obsolete term having a rather indefinite content and denoting various intraspecific variations, such as: aberrations, modifications, etc. But usually the expression variety was used in the sense of the modern concept of subspecies or race (see).
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“Variety.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/variety/