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From H. D. Agent
An X for the patient! That’s an idea advanced by VPI Extension home economists, who say you can easily keep an ill person’s dishes separate from other dishes by marking each dish with fingernail polish. A small mark, a dot, or an X will do the trick. Make the mark in some inconspicuous place such as the bottom of the plate or cup. Then
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