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Caution to Painters

Painters tism. Bathe the parts affected with water should seldom wash their hands in turpentine, in which potatoes have been boiled, as hot as as the practice, if persisted in, will lead to the can be borne, just before going to bed; by the most serious results, even to the loss of power next morning the pain will be much relieved, in the wrist joints. It has a tendency to enif not removed. One application of this sim-large the finger joints, renders the hands ple remedy has cured the most obstinate more sensitive to cold in winter, and lays the rheumatic pains. 5531. Dover's Rheumatic Powfoundation of rheumatism.

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