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Word: barbeiro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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...Even a Smell. Health Crusader Pinotti, head of Brazil's two-year-old National Department of Endemic Diseases, mixed trial batches of dung with his own well-manicured hands, personally daubed some wattle walls and waited. No cracks developed, and not a barbeiro could be found in the huts. Last year Dr. Pinotti ran a pilot study on 2,000 homes. After six months, none harbored a barbeiro, though 98% had been infested previously. Last week the dung mixers were busy on two projects, each involving 100,000 homes. Said Pinotti: "No cracked mud means no barbeiros...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cow-Dung Cure | 6/23/1958 | See Source »

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