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Rejuvenol

“Uh, well, the process is not at all complicated; almost anyone
with a high-school knowledge of chemistry could produce HFF,
the active ingredient of Rejuvenol.”
“Then what’s the problem, Myron? Why are you looking like
you just swallowed a fish bone?”
He shuffled the papers nervously, returning the letter to the top
of the pile. “Let me read this letter to you. It’s in plain English,
ma’am, and I don’t want you to think—”
“Yes, yes, by all means: read it!”
Myron Probst cleared part of his throat and began.
“‘To whom it may concern: the following account of the
discovery and marketing of HFF under the trade name Rejuvenol
is offered as part of the settlement for all rights to that product,
and supplements the required copy of its chemical formulation, as
stipulated in the agreement between the undersigned and Chic
Salons, Inc.’”
“‘Three years ago I was working for Biopact Industries, a small
company disposing of the medical waste collected from several
hospitals and clinics in the Tri-borough area. My responsibilities
included preliminary sorting of shipments for determination of
processing requirements. A certain level of technical skill was
needed for this job, although it did not pay very well. I did wear
protective gear, since many of the packages contained infectious
material.’”
“‘One day, however, a courier arrived just as I was leaving for
home, and the man on the next shift hadn’t arrived yet. I foolishly
pitched in and helped unload the delivery without gloves, so I
could leave quickly. In my haste, I dropped a container on the
loading dock and it burst open. It was some sort of jelly-like
substance; it didn’t look like blood or left-overs from a forensics
lab, so I didn’t worry about contamination when some of it got on
the back of my left hand. As it turned out, I didn’t get home right
away that evening, so my hands didn’t get scrubbed clean until
several hours later.’”
“‘The next day I noticed a distinct difference in the skin on my
the back of my left hand. Compared to my right hand, it looked
smoother and younger. Intrigued, I used the microscope at work
to examine myself closer. Under magnification, the changes were

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