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Word: pree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Green Pills. Last week the De Pree Co. of Holland, Mich, offered a chlorophyll preparation over the counter, without prescription, under the trade name of "Nullo." Each bottle ($1.25) contained 30 Paddy-green tablets (a month's supply). Nullo, the label emphasized, "does not stop perspiration." But, claimed the makers, it "is effective in the control of . . . perspiration odors of the underarms and feet; odors associated with menstruation ; and odors that may be the result of faulty metabolism. Nullo, allowed to dissolve on the tongue, quickly neutralizes localized mouth odors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Sweeter Smell | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

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