i So perfect were the Egyptians in the | manufacture of perfumes that tome of I their ancient ointment, preserved in an i alabaster vase in the Museum at Alnwiek, ! still retains a verj powerful odor, though it must be between 2000 and 3000 years old. At a petroleum factory in Paris it was noticed that workmen who had broneial or pulmonary diseases soon lost them. ' So chemists began lo enclose the oil in gelatine capsules and aell them a* a ~ popular remedy for colds, asthma, and influent*.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3386, 29 October 1879, Page 2
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87Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3386, 29 October 1879, Page 2
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