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Article: A grimm scabies tale.(Under My Skin)
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- Skin & Allergy News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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Once upon a time, in the b little village of Dunkelkratz, there lived a woman named Mabel. Mabel taught third grade at Groovy Acres Elementary School.
One day Mabel had an itch. Nobody at home was itchy, just Mabel. She went to her ob.gyn., Dr. Livious, who told Mabel she had scabies, a nasty bug that burrows into the skin. Mabel felt very dirty, even though she showered every single day. The nurse sealed off the room where Dr. Livious had examined Mabel and disinfected it.
Mabel called her principal, Dr. Pollicy, and told him she couldn't come to Groovy Acres that day because she had scabies. Mabel got the scabies medicine Dr. Livious prescribed at ...