Word: oils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...important to examine a pair of skis thoroughly before taking them out of the shop. Then when one has selected a pair that meet the requirements of a good ski, it is equally important to keep them in good condition. A new ski should be well treated with linseed oil and allowed to dry about ten days before using. The linseed oil should be applied warm and rubbed on both sides of the ski with the hand for about fifteen minutes daily for at least a week before being set aside...
Records will also be made by shoes, trucks, cigarets, rubber, gasoline, aluminum, oil burners, mechanical stokers, electric refrigerators, washing machines, electric power production...
...sold over U. S. drugstore counters for the cure of arthritis. They included analgesics like aspirin, local balms like antiphlogistine, blood builders like ferric ammonium citrate. Some of their names: Joyzone Pain Analgesic, Clear Water Joint Ease, Rising Mist, Wizard Balm, U-Rub-It, Rivet Cold Breaker, Pain Knocker, Oil-O-Youth, Root-Tea-Na-Salve...
...attack on this ancient disease. "Tuberculosis is more infectious than leprosy," declared Dr. Muir. But leprosy is more amenable to treatment. Drugs arrest the progress of leprosy, but they do not cure. They are simply "useful adjuncts" to good food and plenty of vitamins. Just as useful as chaulmoogra oil, upon which hopes have risen high, is "any kind of counterirritant. Acids painted on the leper's body sometimes cause the cells to react, multiply, and eat up the bacilli...
...mostly in 15-minute catnaps, living, in full view and earshot of the crowds that come to watch the race, in a shelter that looks like a flag-draped motorcycle crate and contains one cot for both members of a team, one shelf for all personal belongings, including axle oil. Six-day bicycle riders find their Spartan circumstances beneficial. Many gain weight in races, reduce in the intervals between them. A cyclist's compensation is from $75 to $500 a day, based on his value as an attraction...