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OP Comparatively recently dog manure was collected and used in early stages of making leather
allegeely because residual pancreatic enzymes removed unwanted proteins from hides
New Scientist for Aug 13 Aug 02 p.27 states that though it is in some texts called "pure" it
seems logical to believe this is confusion with "puer" as boys were principal collectors thereof.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted pure vs puer wwh 11/01/02 03:18 AM Re: pure vs puer of troy 11/01/02 12:39 PM Re: pure vs puer wwh 11/01/02 02:39 PM Re: leather vocabulary wwh 11/01/02 08:36 PM
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