Word: swab
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...possible that some noxious thing in the tomb air or on TutankhAmen's mummy may have infected at least one or two men? No. Samples of the air taken in vacuum containers were found clean and pure. Howard Carter passed a swab over the mummy at the first opportunity, and no germs were detected on the swab. An 1,800-year-old mummy brought to the U. S. and examined for a month by the Rockefeller Institute's famed Alexis Carrel was pronounced absolutely sterile...
Federal Cold Treatment No. 1: a) one fever-chasing tablet (aspirin, phenacetin, or the like) dissolved in a small quantity of warm water; b) swab throat with a mixture of one part iodine and five parts glycerine; c) spray nostrils.with 1% solution of ephedrin sulphate, or with a diluted solution of atropine sulphate if cold is very severe; d) castor oil or citrate of magnesia purge; e) saturated solution of baking powder...