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Nipping winter ills in dog days of summer

（ecns.cn）  15:56, July 23, 2013  

Citizens in Southeast China's Fujian province crowd into a local hospital to prevent or reduce the severity of winter ailments on July 23, 2013, during the three hottest periods, or dog days of summer. Treating winter diseases in summer is an ancient tradition in China. (CNS/ Liu Kegang)

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