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Hygiene : CleanHygiene is the maintenance of healthful practices. In modern terminology, this is usually regarded as a particular reference to cleanliness.Cleanliness is the absence of dirt, including dust, stains and a bad smell. It can apply to humans, animals, clothing, eating utensils, plates, pans, cups, etc., food, other movable objects, floors, windows, walls, toilets, etc. Purposes of cleanliness are health, beauty, absence of bad smell, other comfort, avoidance of shame, and for avoiding spreading dirt to people (or other body parts), places or objects. In the case of windows the purpose is also transparency. Washing is often done with soap, detergent, etc., often a different kind for different applications. People usually wash themselves. Little children and sick and disabled people may be washed by someone else. For fun lovers etc. may wash each other. Often a shower is used, and/or a bathtub. More frequent is washing of just the hands, e.g. before and after preparing food and eating, after using the toilet, after handling something dirty, etc. Hygiene has also commercial and cultural aspects. TV advertising has been launching campaigns in many countries trying to imprint in public opinion minds that only clean and sterile is healthy and safe. Hygienic practices -- such as hand washing, and the use of boiled (and thus sterilized) water in medical operations -- have a profound impact on reducing the spread of disease. This is because they kill disease-causing microbes (germs), or remove them from the immediate surroundings. For instance, washing one's hands after using the toilet and before handling food reduces the chance of spreading E. coli bacteria and hepatitis A, both of which are spread from fecal contamination of food. However, certain practices such as the use of antibacterial soaps in the home are questioned. These soaps, which contain low concentrations of chemicals which kill bacteria, may when used intermittently lead common bacteria to evolve resistance to these chemicals. Similar to antibiotic resistance, this would make antibacterials far less useful when they are actually needed in medicine. See also: dry cleaning, vacuum cleaner, washing machine. Erdrückend ihre Kunst. Der grause Macdonwald--
Umschwärmen, stets sich mehrend, der Natur
Von Kernen unterstützt und Galloglassen;
Schien des Rebellen Hure; doch umsonst,
Das Glück verachtend mit geschwungnem Stahl,
Er, wie des Krieges Liebling, haut sich Bahn,
Und nicht eh schied noch sagt' er Lebewohl,
Und seinen Kopf gepflanzt auf.html">auf.html">auf unsre Zinnen.
DUNCAN
Wie dorther, wo der Sonne Lauf beginnt,
So schwillt aus jenem Quell, der Trost verhieß,
Kaum schlug Gerechtigkeit, mit mu/mut.html">Mut gestählt,
Als Norwegs Fürst, den Vorteil auserspähend,
Von neuem uns bestürmt.
DUNCAN
Das unsre Feldherrn nicht, Macbeth und Banquo?
KRIEGER
Gradaus gesagt, muß ich von ihnen melden,
Mit doppeltem Gekrach; so stürzten sie.html">sie,
Ob sie in heißem Blute baden wollten,
Ich weiß es nicht.
Wie deine Worte zieren dich die.html">die Wunden;
Der würdge Than von Rosse.
LENOX
Der blicken, der von Wundern melden will.
(Rosse tritt auf.)
ROSSE
Von wannen, edler Than?
ROSSE
Wo Norwegs Banner schlägt die Luft und fächelt
Norwegen selbst, mit fürchterlichen Scharen,
Den Than von Cawdor, begann den grausen Kampf,
Entgegenstürmt mit gleicher Überkraft,
Und beugt den wilden Trotz: mit einem Wort,
Großes Glück!
ROSSE
Nun Sweno, Norwegs König, Frieden fleht;
Der Seinen, bis er auf Sankt Columban
Nicht frevle länger dieser Than von Cawdor
Mit seiner Würde grüße Macbeth dann.
ROSSE
Held Macbeth soll, was der verliert, gewinnen.
(Alle ab.)
ERSTE HEXE
Schweine gewürgt.
DRITTE HEXE
Ein Schifferweib, Kastanien hatt's im Schoß,
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