Some examples of deprecated terms from medicine include "consumption" (tuberculosis), "grippe" (influenza), and "apoplexy" (stroke). He was suffering from an affliction that he referred to as "grippe". Other Grippe Surrealist sculptural works address less warlike themes, including that of city life. A transcribed interview with Grippe is available at the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. Grippe is the first album by the post-hardcore band, Jawbox.