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Scientific American, Vol. 39, No. 2 (1878) (1878)

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irculation of one suffering either from streets are treated with paraffin to give them gloss. Chew- ing gum is made of paraffin, and one manufacturer thus great loss or impoverishment of the vital fluid has been which are arranged to prevent friction by keeping the gate navn from the remotest… … the life-giving properties of the latter, it is manifest that it also used for impregnating match sticks, sizing various fab- ‘would prove a great acquisition to the practice of surgery, rics, coating the interior of wine and beer barrels, preserving and tend to make a procedure now little used…

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