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The pulp of the fruit of the cannonball tree ( Couroupita guianensis ) is rubbed on the infected skin of mangy dogs.
Why hasn't the steel-bending, number-crunching competence of the nerds at Boeing and Microsoft rubbed off on those who build this state's bridges, ferries, and nuclear reactors?
The intimal surface was mechanically rubbed to remove the endothelium.
Before Phil died, she ran two households and birthed four kids, rubbed political shoulders with everyone from FDR to JFK, contributed to Democratic campaigns, worked the back rooms at a slew of national political conventions between 1948 and 1960, and sat in on negotiations as Phil purchased the Washington Times Herald , television stations, and Newsweek .
Plant leaves and other plant parts including peppers were then rubbed into the wounds on the noses of the dogs [ 20 ] . This was done on the assumption that the power of scent in dogs was improved by these practices since the nasal mucous membranes were cleaned, the perceptions were sharpened, and the dog would keep its nose to the ground when hunting [ 20 21 ] . There seemed to be a mental connection of success in acquisition of game with pain previously inflicted on the hunter and his dog [ 20 ] . The nervous system of the dogs was irritated to such an extent that it was responsive to even the slightest external stimulus and therefore more likely to be successful in hunting [ 21 ] . There was also the belief that inflicting pain was a means of preparing to meet without flinching any pain or danger that could arise during the chase [ 20 ] . This preparation was not ill-advised since Lachesis muta muta often lives in the burrows of lappe and tatou [ 22 ] . Each hunting dog was trained to hunt one sort of game [ 20 ] .
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