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.
I did find this link, but I don't think it will help out much, because there is nothing on the internet about it, other than this. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Wild-Animals-705/frozen-crab-life-thawed.htm. Or you can go to this link. Its about frozen lobsters coming back to life after thawed.
Frogs, Turtles Freeze Solid in Winter, Come Back to Life in Spring. JANE PAULEY, anchor: On Todayâs Discovery science correspondent Robert Bazell tells us about some creatures that can freeze but not freeze to death. Just freeze and then come back to life. Good Morning.