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Show Light on Purification The prophets of old called for purification. puri-fication. Modern health workers call for hygiene. The former gave a religious explanation which primitive primi-tive man accepted. The latter have given us scientific reasons for many cleanliness practices which date back to ancient days. Out of the gropings of the past has come a science which has thrown new light on sources of infection which the ancients but dimly grasped. But the warning of sanitarians, like that of the prophet, includes, "Wash your hands. Be clean." |