TO KILL THE LAZINESS GERM.
Two grams (31' grains) of thymol at 8 a.m. Dosb repeated at 10 a.m Dose castor oil or magnesia at noon. Diet oi miik and soup.
By following this prescription carefully, it iK asserted that even the laziest man can be made to take an interest in life, quit his *eat in the sunshine by the side of the. howe, and g«it out find plough and pick cotton. The germ of "laziness." which has Jjctn dkboveuij by Professor Wnidwoll Stilts, zoologist of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital, service, is to be found in all persons who are described colloquially as "tiiJling and of no amount." Of course, there are some people who just won't work who luivo not the gwm, but in a majority of cases the Uncinaria Americana, for that is the name of the parasite, will be found. The uncinana is by no means ne big a.s its nan>?, for it is only from a quarter to threeWighths yf an inch* long, and hardly as large around as a hair.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11499, 4 February 1903, Page 7
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180TO KILL THE LAZINESS GERM. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11499, 4 February 1903, Page 7
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