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Meaning of visvaporú by furoya




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Here there is no way to rate the entry as spam 128513; . It is the deformation of the name of a centenary ointment to alleviate respiratory congestion that is actually commercially called "Vick's VapoRub", although it changed its name several times from its appearance in the USA to the late nineteenth century. According to legend the inventor of the cream, Lunsford Richardson, added the "Vick" by the name of his brother-in-law and dr. Vick, perhaps to give him some medical endorsement; it is also said that it is by the plant of vick or Plectranthus hadiensis, although it is not in the composition and its leaves do not really serve to scare away the snot but the evil spirits 128558; . The VapoRub thing is the union of the English voices steam ( "vaho" ) rub ( "frotar" ) .

  

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