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Then in 1936 he made his Broadway debut in Sweet Aloes and hit the top.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the Cataract: Take one Scruple of washt Aloes finely beaten, and two Scruples of Sugar-candy, mix these together, and with a Quil blow it three or four times a day into your Hawks Eye.

From The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing by Howlett, Robert

Death appeared to have been fairly busy in recent times at Blue Aloes.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia

Purgative Medicines.—Salts, one ounce; Calomel, five grains; or Socotrine Aloes, two drachms for moderate sized dog.

From The Dog by Dinks

Finish off with one to two drachms Socotrine Aloes, rolled up in tissue paper.

From The Dog by Dinks